‘Top Gun: Maverick’: The economic benefit that accompanies its success would not be reaching the film team

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is enjoying exaggerated success, especially in the United States, although he has managed to stay in Spain. across the pond this sequel to ‘Top Gun. Ídolos del aire ‘is still in the top 10 and in our country remains in 16th place at the box office after 116 days in theaters. Thus, more than three months after its successful premiere, this film led by Tom Cruise, which is now available on digital platforms and entered the top 5 of the films with the highest grossing in history in the domestic market; continues to attract viewers to the cinema, with the economic advantage that this entails..

More than $ 700 million has been raised by ‘Maverick’ in the United States, which rises to nearly 1,500 million worldwide, an exorbitant figure that would be the cause of some friction between Paramount and the team that worked on the development of the film. Fortune.com echoes a problem that can be sensed from practically every corner of the television industry: cinema and the world of streaming have not found a crystal clear place to move. At a time when display windows are not what they were, entertainment workers wonder if the studios are honest in sharing profits.

In the case of Paramount, the aforementioned medium is suing Epix, a cable television channel with which the studio allegedly entered into a deal that ‘harms’ the producers of its films. Many of the stars and crew, including Tom Cruise and Sandra Bullock, who recently starred and produced “The Lost City”; they believe they are asking for millions of dollars because of the aforementioned agreement. The reason would be nothing more than the suspicion that part of the profits they should derive from licenses to third parties do not materialize. Let us remember that the singing voices of blockbusters not only receive a previously agreed salary for their participation in a film, but but they also receive a percentage of digital sales and such third party licenses, among other issues.

The point is, participants in Paramount’s movie profits believe their profits are lower than they should be. because the studio receives less from Epix than other studios receive in similar deals. Talent reps have met with Paramount to ask for extra money, according to Fortune sources, but no lawsuit has been filed so far.

looking for options

Fortune points out that neither Paramount nor the Cruise or Bullock representatives wanted to comment at the time, but that producer and talent lawyers are already looking for a way to resolve the issue as appropriately as possible. One possibility is that the Hollywood unions take action, not least because the unions also benefit from the success of these films. Both sides would rather avoid a lawsuit, but recent cases show that sometimes it’s the only way. For instance, AMC was forced to pay $ 200 million to one of the creators of “The Walking Dead”and Fox ended up throwing millions on a certain dispute with the “Bones” series workers.