A report I saw on CNN last week said that the estate would not get a cut of the dvd sales.
I found this online:
Jackson’s estate gets 90 percent of profit from the movie after Sony is paid for its role, including marketing and distribution fees, according to two people with knowledge of the arrangement. Concert promoter AEG Live, owned by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, gets the remaining 10 percent.
The promoter recouped about $36 million it invested in Jackson’s canceled tour from the $60 million Sony paid for rehearsal footage, according to one of the people.
The estate will use proceeds from the movie and the album (no mention of dvd sales) to reduce Jackson’s debt, said another person, who declined to be identified because the matters are private.
A spokesman for Los Angeles-based AEG confirmed the profit split between the estate and the promoter. Lois Najarian, a spokeswoman for Sony Music, declined to comment.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aUH89sUajogs