“WB’s sole purpose in moving the release date of The Matrix Resurrections forward was to create a desperately needed wave of year-end HBO Max premium subscriptions from what it knew would be a blockbuster film, despite knowing full well that it would decimate the film’s box office revenue and deprive Village Roadshow of any economic upside that WB and its affiliates would enjoy,” the company alleged (via The Wall Street Journal).
Warner Bros is being sued by production company Village Roadshow Entertainment over the release of The Matrix Resurrections on HBO Max.
The Matrix Resurrections underperformed at the box office, they claimed, adding that Spider-Man: No Way Home had done well in cinemas along without a secondary release on streaming.
On Monday (7 February), co-producers Village Roadshow filed a lawsuit at the Los Angeles Superior Court claiming that contracts had been breached and box office performance hurt by putting Resurrections on HBO Max.