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Gerard Butler is suing a film company over lost learnings, a day after it was revealed that Scarlett Johannsson was taking legal action against Disney for losing out on a reported $50million for Black Widow.
Variety reports that Butler filed a lawsuit on Friday against Nu Image/Millennium Films alleging that he is owed at least $10million for the 2013 action film Olympus Has Fallen, which he should have received in backend compensation.
He claims that box office receipts failed to mention that $8million had gone to its own executives.
While Butler's lawsuit is more about Hollywood accounting than losing profits due to the pandemic, the timing of it will no doubt be of interest to other A-List stars and agents.
Case: Gerard Butler sues for $10M in lost profits from Olympus Has Fallen... a day after Scarlett Johansson takes on Disney over $50M Black Widow pay row due to streaming release
Butler's film went on to gross $170 million worldwide, spawning two equally successful sequels London Has Fallen and Angel Has Fallen.
Looking for the receipts: The film went on to gross $170 million worldwide
The lawsuit alleges that producers 'have earned tens of millions of dollars from Olympus, but refuse to pay Butler
