Updated July 29, 2021 at 6:00 PM ET
Scarlett Johansson is suing the Walt Disney Co. for releasing her movie
Black Widow on streaming and in theaters at the same time.
Black Widow opened in theaters two weeks ago to the biggest box office numbers of the pandemic: $80 million its opening weekend.
After the first weekend, the numbers fell off a cliff. Industry observers suggest that one reason attendance fell so quickly is that Disney had screened the film simultaneously on Disney+, allowing audiences to bypass theaters and watch it at home.
Scarlett Johannson is the film's star and also its executive producer. She says in her lawsuit — which was first reported by