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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It’ll need twice that to break even.
It’s a movie edgy passengers should watch on a plane
because the odds are against two disasters happening at once.
Update...
$42.2 domestic.
$42.2 million domestic.
Another update.
Per the above, looks like it didn’t even clear a hundred mil globally.
Bingo!
Best post on FR today.....
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