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‘A Quiet Place’ Stars Think Paramount Owes Them Money

The studio is shortening the film’s theatrical run, threatening their potential payday

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski 

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski 

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Paramount Pictures is in a pay dispute with a Hollywood power couple over the studio’s streaming plans for the new horror picture “A Quiet Place Part II,”  according to a person familiar with the matter, creating a behind-the-scenes drama that could affect the income of other big stars.

The couple, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, have a contract that compensates them based on the film’s box-office performance. But Paramount, owned by ViacomCBS Inc., has cut the film’s exclusive run in theaters in half — to 45 days from 90 —  and scheduled it for a May 28 release, when some chains will still be operating at limited capacity.