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[Toons]

1. Refusing to renegotiate a contract is not reneging on it.

2. She is entitled to a portion of the box office backend. Not to the films earnings. She is not entitled to any movie from Disney+. This is in the lawsuit.


If the film did endgame numbers, than her lawsuit would have weaker standing, as her case is built on Disney causing her financial harm.

You're own screenshot lays it pretty bare. The contract was made under the guise this would be a theatrical only release. Well before pandemic happened. Ergo Disney essentially introduced a new clause by deciding to release it on its own platform which, as it was worded, cannibalized the profits from BO revenue. This would be true regardless of how much money the film made, because a portion of that money was coming from a source that was not agreed upon by both parties. When you have contracts you can't just introduce your own terms in the middle of the process, a contract is an agreement on terms and conditions. Those conditions were altered by Disney releasing the film outside of theater only.

3. The film has a 200 million dollar budget without factoring in marketing. Assuming production budget * 2(though it should be higher since Black Widow went through 2 separate marketing campaigns) = breakeven, than Black widow is not profitable.

That's assuming a lot. And not to mention it will still likely see release in other international outlets. The jury is very much still out, and regardless of this it is the highest grossing film domestically of the year so far, and its domestic cume has surpassed even the second captain america movie during a pandemic. They'll be fine regardless.

 

[Amiga]

If it were an American movie, it would feature American actors.

Awkwafina, born: USA
Simu Liu, born: China
Tony Chiu-Wai, born: China
Michelle Yeoh, born: Malaysia
Tim Roth, born: UK
Ben Kingsley, born: UK
Benedict Wong, born: UK
Florian Munteanu, born: Germany
Fala Chen, born: China
Ronny Chieng, born: Malaysia
Alina Zhang, born: China
Fernando Chien, born: Taiwan
Andy Le, born: Unknown

That's the entire named cast of the movie in IMDB's listing (excepting the actors portraying younger versions of Shang-Chi).

The only American in the cast is Awkwafina.

they talk to each other in English. how is that a "celebration of culture"?

 

[sol_bad]

I don't think a film has to be in Mandarin to celebrate culture. Culture is more than just language.

 

[tsumake]

This thread has turned into a modern comedy of manners.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

I don't think a film has to be in Mandarin to celebrate culture. Culture is more than just language.

And yet, wearing a costume is appropriating a culture.

 

[sol_bad]

And yet, wearing a costume is appropriating a culture.

I think that's stupid, people should be allowed to wear what they want.
It's just that when it comes to foreign languages, a lot of westerners hate subtitles. So when it comes to movies where you want to introduce culture to other audiences, putting the film in a foreign language will actually alienate the audience you want to introduce the culture to.