scarlet johannson. i think they're upset because they see the writing on the wall here. warner brothers chose to handle this very differently. they paid stars for their movies this year, as if they were big hits at the box office. they said you know what? we're putting these on hbo max and pay you like it's a big hit. disney chose to put the at-home revenue into a pot at box office, which is not what the stars want. >> feel no pressure but how do you think this is going to turn out? >> my prediction is it will settle. scarlet johannson and disney will figure out a number that makes her whole. but the ramifications are pretty significant. all over town people are calling their agent saying what about my movie, my deal? and that's going to have repercussions, i think, for them in the long term. >> always good to see you too. >>> ahead, widely viewed social media posts are helping shed light on a condition effecting >>> ahead our "a more perfect union" series >>> ahead, our more perfect union series looks

johannson says her compensation is tied to box office ticket sales, and she says there was an agreement exclusively. by releasing the film also on disney plus, she argues they're undercutting her because people can watch at home instead of in the theater. i talked to a media analyst today who said it's about time someone stood up and spoke out about how streaming platforms are are impacting how actors are paid. >> taking these assets, using them in these new channels and not compensating the actors for them. >> quite frankly, i'm a little surprised the agents haven't negotiated a share of the streaming revenue as part of the contract anyway, because it's really, you know, big and growing. >> reporter: now, i want to show you this because there's probably something to johannson's claims that she would be making more if the film was only available in theaters. these are the top five grossing movies at the box office from this year. two of the top five here, f9, the fast saga, and a quiet place part 2, they were aavailable exclusively in theaters and did a lot better, nearly $50 million. y

>> if i'm afraid of scarlet johannson i cannot. well the movie does in the theater. so for example, opening weekend the movie made $80 million at the box office, $60 million streaming. she is saying okay, where is part of my $60 million. she makes a very good case. disney disagrees. >> do we know if there is language in the contract that addresses streaming? >> that is the thing. she said that she was guaranteed that this would be at a theater-only release. disney released a statement and said that she is able to make some sort of money with the streaming thing. my natural next question to that would be if that's true, if she is able to make additional compensation based on streaming, why would she then be suing? >> dana: right. >> bill: fair point. there is no crocodile tears, right? she made $20 million, right? she is alleging he could have made up to $50 million. >> she said she was guaranteed something. if you are promised something and the company doesn't treat it the way that they were going to treat it in the contract, in th

>> johannson says because of that, a breach of contract, and it cost her $50 million. opening weekend, and she was contractually a allotted bonuses, but when you have 60 million people watching on disney plus, it knocked off the numbers. disney says the suit is without merit, and she shows callous disregard for the pandemic. it was a pretty fierce response, but you have to think they're trying to send a message maybe to other actors that are saying, well, we're breach of contract too. it probably didn't take into account the pandemic and the streaming success that we have seen. stuart:9 i want to get to this story. >> okay. stuart: the olympics. this is you. you've got to brings us through -- djokovic lost. >> he did e to a german fellow in the semifinals. alexander -- [laughter] let me know how i did. so djokovic wanted the gold and slam, right? he didn't get it. he even took a really long bathroom break to mess up his opponent. didn't work. he was trying to -- stuart: gamesmanship there? he lost. >> he lost, exactly. stuart: gymnastics. >> love this start sport. so t