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:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney’s Snow White | Disney | $43,000,000 | 4,200 | $10,238 | $43,000,000 | |
| 2 | Black Bag | Focus Features | $4,400,000 | 2,713 | $1,622 | $14,880,000 | -42.16% |
| 3 | Captain America: Brave New World | Disney | $4,100,000 | 2,900 | $1,414 | $192,117,391 | -28% |
| 4 | Mickey 17 | Warner Bros. | $3,900,000 | 2,584 | $1,509 | $40,222,000 | -48% |
| 5 | Novocaine | Paramount | $3,760,000 | 3,369 | $1,116 | $15,769,000 | -57.32% |
| 6 | Alto Knights, The | Warner Bros. | $3,165,000 | 2,651 | $1,194 | $3,165,000 | |
| 7 | Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, The | Falling Forward Films | $1,834,285 | 2,703 | $679 | $6,456,412 | -42% |
| 8 | Monkey, The | Neon Rated | $1,548,750 | 1,452 | $1,067 | $37,862,484 | -38% |
| 9 | Dog Man | Universal | $1,500,000 | 1,766 | $849 | $95,631,000 | -41.06% |
| 10 | Last Supper, The | Emick | $1,335,000 | 1,575 | $848 | $5,325,434 | -52% |
| 11 | Paddington in Peru | Sony | $1,300,000 | 1,653 | $786 | $43,668,000 | -51% |
| 12 | Locked | Variance Films | $964,000 | 971 | $993 | $964,000 |
