NEW YORK, March 21 (UPI) -- The producer of the Oscar-winning film adaptation of "Chicago" has filed suit in New York claiming Miramax Films owes him some $10 million.
The Producer Circle Co. chief Marty Richards, who worked 27 years to bring the Broadway show to the big screen, estimates in the suit that the film has generated more than $300 million in gross receipts for Miramax, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
Financial statements from Miramax are "omissive, false and misleading," the suit says. He accuses Miramax is understating revenue from video and DVD sales and foreign release and overstating overhead.
Richards produced the original Broadway production of "Chicago" in 1975 and bought the film rights for $505,000, the News said. The suit says he has received about $500,000 in production fees from Miramax.
