Posted on 03/24/2025 12:59:39 PM PDT by Morgana
The crisis facing the Walt Disney Company over its controversial Snow White reboot deepened today amid pictures of empty cinemas and screens with no bookings in primetime slots following a poor opening weekend.
Studio bosses had hoped that the reboot of the 1937 original, which had a budget of more than $270million (£210million), would launch with at least £79million ($100million) in ticket sales.
But the movie starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot took just $87.3million (£67.4million) globally including $43million (£33million) in the US after a slow start followed a slew of negative reviews.
Meanwhile, in mainland China, Snow White ranked outside the top five movies in cinemas – bringing in less than $1million (£800,000) in its first three days.
The film has also been accused of 'wokeness' after the Seven Dwarfs were re-imagined as a group of 'magical creatures' - while comments by Zegler and Gadot ahead of its release have also faced criticism.
The Mail's Brian Viner slammed it as a 'painfully muddle-headed affair', adding: 'This production has been cursed from the start. Disney's contorted attempts not to offend anyone have somehow managed to offend everyone.'
One prospective cinema-goer shared on social media how the movie sold zero tickets at one point for a prime weekend slot in the US, and just one for another screening. They posted on X: 'Opening Friday night for Disney's Snow White in Imax. Only ONE person bought tickets for tonight. Yeah, this movie's gonna flop.'
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I don’t believe it did 43 million domestically over the weekend. Were there lines or sold out theaters anywhere?
When a theatre owner rents a movie, is it week-by-week, or something else? Usually they start a new movie on Friday unless there’s a holiday.
Anyone, especially Disney, that has the backbone to redo an all time classic like Snow White, all the way back from 1937, deserves a special place in Hell.
You don’t mess with the classics!
Disney may still be able to rescue Snow White if they will somehow double bill it with Alto Knights.
No wheels at Dizzy; only hubcaps!
They’ve had a decade of practice with Star Wars.
Snow What?
No White....
There is and always will be only ONE Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs movie — Walt Disney’s 1938 original!
Receipts: $87 million - WORLDWIDE - through Sunday night.
Production budget: $240-270 million, not including marketing and other expenses.
Sales fell 25% from Saturday to Sunday.
The slowest learners on earth. People have too much politics thrust into their lives constantly, entertainment is supposed to be a relief from the worries of the world, not another battering.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3856302849/?ref_=bo_gr_rls
My local theatre has it on one screen 3x per day...not sure about next week...
Sweet, sweet Schadenfreude.
I suspect Disney doesn’t care, all these woke media and news companies make their Leftist activism priority one and don’t seem a bit concerned that consumers are rejecting it. If they were the least bit concerned they would change.
Disney’s goal is revolutionary propaganda—destroy white people, destroy western civilization, destroy the family.
Once you understand that everything begins to make sense.
Pulled? Not a chance.
And when all is said and done, it will probably break even.
But when snow white is going to play eva paron in her next role, then you know it was ridiculous casting :)
As we used to say...”straight to DVD”.
“The one I saw that I liked was.....”off white and the 7 pronouns”
That’s a Howler!
I just checked on Fandango for a local theater tonight. Maybe ten seats sold.
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