Disney’s “Snow White” reboot is leaving a legacy it actually doesn’t need, turning into the corporate’s worst-performing wide-release live-action remake in nearly 10 years.
The 2025 remake of the unique 1937 film opened March 21 within the US and Canada, and has struggled, incomes barely $200 million worldwide.
The movie’s web page on IMDB.com calls the film “formally a flop,” and says its $205.5 million earnings are “miles behind its large $410 million whole price,” together with advertising and marketing, manufacturing, and different gadgets. The positioning calls the movie’s disappointing efficiency “a monetary blow which few anticipated to be this extreme, particularly with the losses already estimated at over $115 million, per Collider.”
“Pete’s Dragon,” a 2016 Disney remake of the 1977 movie, got here away with $143.7 million, $61.8 million lower than “Snow White.”
The “Snow White” remake was not with out its controversies, which maybe contributed to the movie’s poor reception.
Over three years earlier than the movie’s launch, one A-list actor with dwarfism had Walt Disney Studios reframe the way it portrayed the traditional seven dwarfs characters.
“Sport of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage known as out the studio for even contemplating taking a stab at portraying magical dwarfs within the trendy period.
Talking on comic Marc Maron’s podcast in 2022, Dinklage said, “You’re progressive in a method, however you then’re nonetheless making that f—–g backwards story about seven dwarfs residing in a cave collectively. What the f— are you doing, man?”
Disney then addressed the criticism and mentioned the corporate would take a “totally different strategy” to the seven dwarfs.
Rachel Zegler, the movie’s lead actress, confronted backlash on social media for feedback she made that had been essential of the 1937 model of “Snow White.”
“I imply, you recognize, the unique cartoon got here out in 1937 and really evidently so,” Zegler mentioned throughout Disney’s D23 Expo in 2022. “There’s an enormous concentrate on her love story with a man who actually stalks her. Bizarre! Bizarre. So we didn’t do this this time.”
As a result of controversy over the dwarfs and Zegler’s feedback on the unique film, Disney introduced in late 2023 it will delay the discharge for “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs” by a full 12 months. It was initially slated to be launched in March 2024.
Zegler was additionally vocal about her anti-Israel views.
In an August 2024 X publish speaking in regards to the official trailer for “Snow White,” the actress wrote, “And at all times bear in mind, free Palestine.”
She additionally lashed out at individuals who voted for President Donald Trump, saying in an Instagram publish, “Might Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself by no means know peace,” including, “F— Donald Trump.”
She later apologized, saying partially that “Hatred and anger have precipitated us to maneuver additional and additional away from peace and understanding.”
Disney additionally scaled again the Hollywood premiere occasion for “Snow White.”
Selection reported “the studio received’t be rolling out a strong purple carpet prefer it often does,” and that the handfuls of media shops usually current wouldn’t be. As a substitute, protection consisted of home crew members and photographers.
Fox Information Digital reached out to Disney for touch upon “Snow White’s” field workplace numbers, however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
Fox Information’ Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.
