Quoted from Biffbar:Gottlieb was part of "Columbia Pictures Company" in the early 80's, if that means anything.
YES , remember:
The Black Hole movie has been produced in 1979 by the "Walt Disney Production".
At this time, the David Gottlieb & Co. was part of "Columbia Picture Company" since 1977 (some archives here : http://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/07/archives/columbia-pictures-moves-to-take-over-d-gottlieb.html ).
I also have a novelty written later by Alan Dean Foster, and it's clearly written on the first page of this book, that is was from the scenario of Jef Rosebrook & Gerry Day, with a "copyright Walt Disney Production 1979". On the Gottlieb's Black Hole flyer, there is no mention of that The theme is indeed the same, but the graphics are differents... so, for sure it was not licensed.
Note also that there is a BIG difference : the title of the film is "THE BLACK HOLE" and the name of the pinball is "BLACK HOLE".
About the game price : I don't know if it was the first, but I remember that (in France) the plays on this pinball are much more expensive than on the others.
My experience is that the black hole marked a turning point in the pinball machine, with its multi-levels, but also with the increase in the price of the games. A little earlier, we also had MARS GOW and it seems to me that prices were still normal.