it offered her film like widow on its streaming service is the same time as it plays in feeders. she says the dual release strategy reduced or compensation, which a big chunk of it was apparently based on box office receipts, from what was supposed to be an exclusive run in traditional theaters. disney says the suit has no merit. what say tonight s legal eagles? sarah gonder and criminal defense attorney bob bianchi. welcome back to both of you. we will start off with exhibit a. this is from the johansson lawsuit. it says to protect her financial interest in these box office receipts, she obtained from marvel of valuable contractual promise that the release of the picture would be wide theatrical release. both parties, as well as disney, understood this meant the picture would initially be released exclu sarah. so, shannon, i think this is going to come down to intent and damages and disney is likely going to argue that it was foreseeable that with covid and
merit whatsoever to the smiling, the lawsuit is especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged level effects of the covid-19 pandemic. disney has fully complied with mr. hanson s contract. bob, estimates, some of the reporting say this could have been a $50 million loss for the actress, but every headline i see out there tonight is this did snee headline saying how dare you, all these terrible covid things are happening. how would you even think of bringing this lawsuit. as if she s acting in bad faith. as sarah said, the problems that they are going to have, disney, if they had this contract that was negotiated for in the beginning and what really happened here was disney plus came out a couple of months after the contract was signed in their emails and correspondences going back with her representatives to disney saying wait a second, we have this exclusive deal tied to box office for us and we are afraid that the revenue is going to be takin