

#Blackwind ow Pc#
Whilst not being a big earner for Disney it was something of a positive uptick for the film industry and theatre-goers in general.Available now on PC and consoles, Blackwind is a top-down, slash-and-shoot action game that feels pleasingly old-fashioned. Overall Black Widow posted relatively strong numbers in the context of the times and the global pandemic. Taking the ancillary costs into account, and after deducting theatre commissions – it is unlikely that any significant pot was returned to Disney. So, added to the worldwide theatrical box office that gives a grand total of $443,474,179.Īll said and done, that puts Black Widow in the range of ‘to be expected’ given the covid times – and at the lower end of recent MCU movies. With the streaming numbers not being disclosed, a rough guestimate in the region of $80 million in Disney+ purchases (of which Disney receives 85%) would probably not be too far off the mark. In the face of rampant piracy, you simply have to wonder if those early Disney+ dollars were even worth it? This kind of front-loading, however, negatively impacts theatre receipts and inevitably hits longer-term profitability as well. This prompted Johansson to sue Disney on account of the fact that Disney had apparently guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release. With second-weekend earnings seeing a 69% plunge – almost unheard of for a Marvel film.Īfter only a month in theatres, and to Johansson’s apparent consternation, the Mouse House changed the release strategy and went to dual-streaming. Granted these are reasonable numbers for a film limping through the Autumn of a global pandemic – but they still don’t stack up. In relative terms, Black Widow had the highest domestic monthly earnings (including the biggest Fri-Sun debut) since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($173 million) in December 2019. That’s just short of its two-times production budget for starters. The worldwide gross for Black Widow across all markets is some $375,474,179. Whilst other analysts talk of strong Premier Access figures, and the Disney stock price bounce – that’s not enough to pull it out of the red. So you have to wonder what it’s doing on this website at all? Stay tuned. It’s a Wrapīlack Widow is currently the third-highest-grossing film of 2021 in the United States. Having ranked first in its opening weekend, Black Widow dropped to second in its second weekend – running for a total of 16 weeks, with an average weekend domestic gross of $11,478,228 based on a 6.0 weeks average run per theatre.īlack Widow was released to a total of 29 countries internationally, with the main markets being the United Kingdom, with a lifetime gross of $25,571,420, South Korea, with a lifetime gross of $25,485,196, and France, lifetime gross of $15,133,000.

The film played to a total of 4,275 theatres domestically and took a domestic share of some 48.9%. With a production budget of some $200 million and a worldwide box office 1.9 times the production budget, Black Widow took $183,651,655 domestically and grossed $191,822,524 overseas at the box office.īlack Widow played to 4,160 theatres and took $80,366,312 (43.8% of total gross) in its opening weekend.

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Production moved to Pinewood in early June and the movie was a wrap by the end of September. Principle photograph began in May of 2019 in Norway – with Cate Shortland having been brought on board by an enthused Johansson. Eric Pearson was eventually credited as screenwriter, with both Jac Schaeffer and Benson receiving story credits. The studio then began meeting with writers for the project.įast forward to February 2019 and Ned Benson was hired to rewrite the entire script. Marvel Studios President, Kevin Feige, sat down with lead Scarlett Johansson in October of 2017 to discuss the direction of a solo film. Hayter was unsuccessful in his subsequent attempts to finance the movie. Lionsgate acquired the film rights to Black Widow back in 2004, but having announced David Hayter as both writer and director, the project was subsequently shelved – with the rights reverting back to Marvel Studios.
