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‘Snow White’ Bombs At The Box Office

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Snow White, the live-action remake of the iconic 1937 animated film that put Walt Disney‘s film empire on the map, bombed in its opening weekend. The movie opened to $43 million domestically, enough for a first-place finish but behind all expectations after getting battered by miserable audience scores and underwhelming reviews. Thus marked Disney’s worst opening for a live action remake.

The $250 million production (post-production and marketing costs reportedly raise that price tag to $400 million) starring Rachel Zegler in the titular role and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, Snow White had been tracking to open to just north of $50 million. Even at $43 million, it is the second-biggest opening of the year to date behind fellow Marvel/Disney tentpole Captain America: Brave New World, which placed No. 3 in its sixth weekend with $4.1 million as it cleared the $400 million mark globally, including a domestic total of $192.1 million. 

The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, March 23, are as follows:

#TitleDistributor NameWeekend Total # of LocsLoc AvgCume Total% Change
1Disney’s Snow WhiteDisney$43,000,0004,200$10,238$43,000,000
2Black BagFocus Features$4,400,0002,713$1,622$14,880,000-42.16%
3Captain America: Brave New WorldDisney$4,100,0002,900$1,414$192,117,391-28%
4Mickey 17Warner Bros.$3,900,0002,584$1,509$40,222,000-48%
5NovocaineParamount$3,760,0003,369$1,116$15,769,000-57.32%
6Alto Knights, TheWarner Bros.$3,165,0002,651$1,194$3,165,000
7Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, TheFalling Forward Films$1,834,2852,703$679$6,456,412-42%
8Monkey, TheNeon Rated$1,548,7501,452$1,067$37,862,484-38%
9Dog ManUniversal$1,500,0001,766$849$95,631,000-41.06%
10Last Supper, TheEmick$1,335,0001,575$848$5,325,434-52%
11Paddington in PeruSony$1,300,0001,653$786$43,668,000-51%
12LockedVariance Films$964,000971$993$964,000