Watch: Channing Tatum Makes Rare Comment on "Painful" Jenna Dewan DivorceChanning Tatum and Jenna Dewan are splitting some checks equally. More than one year after the exes finalized their divorce following a six-year legal battle, in which Channing's continued earnings from the Magic Mike franchise were at the center, details about their settlement have been revealed. Channing and Jenna-who tied the knot in 2009 before separating in 2018-will receive 50 percent of each other's retirement benefits earned during their marriage as determined under the Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension Plan for Motion Picture Actors, according to the Nov. 26 court filing obtained by E! News. The monetary benefit is calculated by dividing the pension credit accrued during their marriage by the total pension credits earned in their respective careers. Payments will begin on a date determined by the payee but cannot start earlier than the earner's earliest retirement date as defined by their retirement plan. Although much of their divorce settlement hasn't been made public, Jenna and Channing-who share 12-year-old daughter Everly-both waived spousal support and agreed to work out any future custody disagreements privately with a judge, per docs obtained by E!.readChanning Tatum Makes Rare Comment on "Painful" Jenna Dewan DivorceJenna and Channing-who debuted his relationship with Inka Williams in April 2025 following his breakup from ex-fiancée Zoë Kravitz-had been navigating a lengthy court battle since the Rookie actress filed for divorce in 2018. In April 2024, she filed a petition seeking a portion of her ex's total profits, according to court documents obtained by E! at the time. Jenna's attorneys alleged that they had acquired the Magic Mike intellectual property together during their marriage. With the franchise-which was, in part, inspired by Channing's experience as a male stripper-growing into a "multi-million cultural phenomenon," her team argued that its earnings should be considered "community in character." For Channing's part, at the time, his legal team claimed that Jenna-who is also mom to Callum, 5, and Rhiannon, 17 months, with fiancé Steve Kazee-had been "involved in all aspects of community investments, opportunities and transactions" regarding the 2012 film.ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock / Stephen Lovekin/ShutterstockOne month after Jenna's court filing, the 21 Jump Street actor slammed his ex's accusations, saying in a May filing obtained by E!, "I have never denied Petitioner her share of any community assets or income. I have always agreed for Petitioner to have an interest in the Magic Mike intellectual property and related entities." Instead, he argued that Jenna, 44, had been using the claim "delay the processing of the case and increase the expense of litigation." Despite Channing and Jenna's contentious divorce, the duo has since attempted to mend their relationship. "Jenna and I are good now, but it was a painful break to have that fall apart, especially being so young," the 45-year-old told Variety in September. "We tried to keep it together, tried for a year and a half. Not to go into all that. It's in the past." For a deeper look into Channing and Jenna's divorce, keep reading...
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicWhile Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan were declared legally separated in 2019 after eight years of marriage, the Step Up costars remain in dispute over financial matters. They are parents to daughter Everly, born May 31, 2013.
Alexander Tamargo/Getty ImagesIn April 2024, Dewan filed documents requesting that she and Tatum "testify regarding all issues related to the parties' marriage including business and financial activities." She also submitted a preliminary exhibit list that requests personal and corporate tax returns and other financial documents, including those regarding profits from the Magic Mike franchise.
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicThe Rookie actress alleges in the case that they acquired the Magic Mike intellectual property together. She accuses Tatum of putting its earnings into "an irrevocable trust" and transferred licensing rights to a third party without telling her, People reported, citing court documents. Tatum disputed her claim in his own filing, obtained by E! News. "The Magic Mike intellectual property was created during marriage and various entities that relate to the intellectual property were created during marriage and after separation," the documents state. "[Tatum] has expended extensive efforts since separation towards the enhancement of the Magic Mike intellectual property and related entities, which [he] contends give rise to his separate property interest therein." The court, his attorney notes in the filing, "will need to allocate the community interest and [Tatum's] separate property interest in the intellectual property and related entities in consideration of [his] post-separation efforts."Karwai Tang/WireImageDewan included in her preliminary witness li