After years of controversy and costly reshoots, Disney’s live-action “Snow White” has finally been released, and it’s been greeted by a barrage of negative reviews along with embarrassing, opening weekend ticket sales.
The people running Disney picked a poisoned apple, it appears:
Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot’s “Snow White” is projected to rake in just about $45 million this weekend, putting it on track to be one of Disney’s sleepiest opening weekends yet.
As of Friday mid-day, the beleaguered live-action remake of the 1937 classic reaped $15.5 million across 4,200 North American theaters, including $3.5 million from Thursday night’s previews, Deadline reported.
Matinees and Sunday evening showings could give the movie a much-needed boost, however, but Deadline projects the film’s domestic box office numbers will fall somewhere in the mid-$40 million range — putting it in competition with the washout “Dumbo” remake from 2019.
Deadline notes that while the live-action “Dumbo” only brought in $46 million (after spending $170 million to make it) during its opening frame in theaters across North America, “Snow White” will likely be an even bigger loser. Disney spent $270 million on it. Just a month ago (Feb.), “Box Office Pro projected it would make as much as $85 million domestically.” Ouch.
Reviewers, meanwhile, are panning the picture as a pale imitation of the 1937 animated feature film, with a storyline that seems to push equity under the wiggly weasel word “fairness,” and by including what some are calling nightmarish CGI dwarves instead of casting live actors. […]
— Read More: redstate.com
