"Hollywood accounting" being notorious for avoiding payout to rights owners down the list, is it fair to ask if this is a bit "leopards ate my face" as one arc

"Hollywood accounting" being notorious for avoiding payout to rights owners down the list, is it fair to ask if this is a bit "leopards ate my face" as one arc of Hollywood consumes another by creative accounting? The decision to release product against Village Roadshows wishes feels like potential breach of contract stuff but this is now water under the bridge. I wonder if the bond completion insurance side of this is also now a bit underwater: money in films is strange and all kinds of people and their two-and-a-half employee company could be affected. Feel a bit sad for industry people who lose their shirt in this.