20th Century Fox Home Video Class Action Settlement

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation has agreed to pay $12.6 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it failed to properly account for and pay motion picture profit participants, including producers, writers, directors and actors, regarding certain types of revenue.

If you are a profit participant on a motion picture released by 20th Century Fox, you may be entitled to compensation from the class action settlement.

The 20th Century Fox class action lawsuit accused the movie company of failing to properly account for and pay motion picture profit participants in regard to home video revenue, electronic sell-through revenue, and video-on-demand revenue under profit participation contracts that don’t include clear provisions about the treatment of these types of revenues for the calculation of profit participation.

Home video revenue refers to the revenue derived from the sale of physical copies of motion pictures in the form of videocassettes, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs. Electronic sell-through revenue refers to the revenue derived from the sale of digital versions of motion pictures that are delivered to consumers via download purchases from iTunes, Amazon or other sites that sell movie downloads.

VOD revenue refers to revenue derived from digital streaming of motion pictures in which the consumer does not obtain permanent ownership of a copy of the motion picture. Netflix streaming is an example of video-on-demand.

Class Members who would like to opt out of or object to the 20th Century Fox settlement must do so no later than March 2, 2018.

Who’s Eligible

Class Members of the 20th Century Fox settlement include people and entities (or their successors-in-interest, assigns and heirs) who are parties to a “Class Profit Participation Contract,” which is defined in the class action settlement documents as a Profit Participation Contract using form definitions drafted by Fox before May 31, 1989, that do not state an express percentage of home revenue video and/or electronic sell-through revenue to use in calculating a profit participation.

Potential Award

To be determined. 

The exact payout each Class Member receives will be based on a number of factors. See FAQ 9 for more information on how these payments will be calculated.

Proof of Purchase

Claimants must provide the name of the Fox motion picture, the name of the person who entered into the original profit participation agreement, the profit participant’s role (such as actor, writer, producer, etc.), and the claimant’s relationship to the profit participant.

Claim Form

CLICK HERE TO FILE A CLAIM »

NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.

Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.

Claim Form Deadline

3/2/2018

NOTE: If you received a notice about the Fox home video revenue settlement in the mail, you do not need to submit a Claim Form.

Case Name

Stanley Donen Films Inc. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Case No. BC 499181, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, Central Civil West Division

Final Hearing

4/9/2018

Settlement Website

www.FoxHomeVideoSettlement.com

Claims Administrator

Fox Home Video Settlement
c/o Angeion Group
1801 Market St., Ste 660
Philadelphia, PA 19103
1-844-611-5265
FoxHVS@AdministratorClassAction.com

Class Counsel

Daniel L. Warshaw
PEARSON SIMON & WARSHAW LLP

Jeffrey A. Koncius
KIESEL LAW LLP

Neville L. Johnson
JOHNSON & JOHNSON LLP

Raymond P. Boucher
BOUCHER LLP

Defense Counsel

Jeff E. Scott
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP