nearly $US2.5m for The Hateful Eight.

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The director has asked that the sale of the company be stalled until the Weinstein Company fulfils its contractual obligations and says it will pay.

Elsewhere, Lawrence has said she is owed $US102,623 for Silver Linings Playbook, Clooney has filed for $US250,000 for his production of August: Osage County, while adding that the amount doesn't account for back-end participation. For the same film and The Giver, Streep has claimed $US168,611. Many of the celebrity filings state that the amounts are difficult to ascertain without an audit due to the Weinstein Company's poor accounts.

Jennifer Lawrence with her Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) for The Silver Linings Playbook.

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Streep, for instance, found her namemisspelled as "Street", and said she has been unable to find accurate accounting of outstanding payments. Several production companies have raised concerns over the company's bookkeeping, with some films lacking accounting for a year and on others, records have been lax for up to seven.

The March 20 bankruptcy filing listed thousands of names on its 394-page list of people owed money by the Weinstein Company, including Malia Obama, Judi Dench, David Bowie and Daniel Radcliffe.

The case unfolds against more legal drama for the producer himself. On Monday, Ashley Judd sued Weinstein saying the former movie mogul hurt her acting career in retaliation for her rejecting his sexual advances.

Director Peter Jackson's claim, which was made public last December, that Weinstein had warned him 20 years ago that Judd was