Road house Director Doug Liman has made a stark claim about the lack of revenue he and star Jake Gyllenhaal have seen from the film’s massive success. Liman has been vocal repeatedly about the film’s release exclusively on Prime Video, rather than in theaters. Liman was so upset about its streaming-only release that he previously wrote a scathing essay about it and threatened to boycott the film’s premiere. While the director eventually attended the event, he has grown no less frustrated about the situation over time, especially given the massive viewership the film has attracted on Prime Video.
While chatting with IndieWire to promote his new film on Apple TV+, The instigatorsLehman made his position clear on The way home The director explained that he has no problem with streaming, especially since he is currently promoting a slate of films for the streaming service, but the terms of streaming seem unclear. Road house The deal changed when the film was released online after Amazon acquired MGM. He said:
“First of all, I have no problem with streaming. We need to stream movies online because we need writers to go to work, directors to go to work, actors to go to work, and not all movies should be in theaters. So I’m a big proponent of TV series, online movies, theatrical movies, we should have all of that. My problem with ‘Road House’ is that we made the movie for MGM to be in theaters, and everyone was getting paid as if it were going to be in theaters. And then Amazon cut us off and nobody got compensated.”
Forget the impact it had on the industry — 50 million people saw “Road House” — and I didn’t get a dime, Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t get a dime, [producer] Joel Silver didn't get a dime. That's wrong.
Road House was a huge success for Amazon.
when Road house After its launch on Prime Video, Amazon was quick to tout its success. The company revealed in April that Road houseIt recorded 50 million viewers worldwide in its first weeks, making it “The number one most watched movie of all time worldwide.” While traditional theatrical releases typically include additional bonuses based on the film's success, the shift in release strategy means there is no such compensation plan. Road house.
A similar issue arose when Scarlett Johansson sued Disney for lost revenue from the film's online release. Black Widow During the Covid pandemic, which she said significantly hampered the film's box office performance. The actress eventually filed a lawsuit against Disney, which was very poorly executed and very public. The two parties eventually reached a settlement on the matter.
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When it comes to Liman's Road house Issues, it was previously reported that the creative parties involved were given a choice regarding the release of Road house After Amazon acquired MGM, one option was to make the film for $60 million and have an exclusive theatrical release, or make the film for $85 million but only release it online. While there was some disagreement over who ultimately made the decision, Liman made it clear that this wasn’t an issue he had with Apple TV+ when it came to his latest film.
“In Apple’s case, from the beginning, we said we were making this for streaming, our contracts compensate for streaming, we were all compensated for streaming it — there’s something called buying streaming — so Apple was above reproach from the beginning.”
success Road house Prime Video has paved the way for a sequel to the film, which was announced in May. Gyllenhaal is sure to return, but given Liman’s relationship with Amazon after the release of the first film, it’s unclear whether he’d be willing to step back behind the camera for them.
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It is currently streaming on Prime Video.
