Disney
The once long-awaited remake of «Snow White» can now officially be considered a disaster for Disney — the film currently has one of the lowest ratings in IMDb history.
After the initial 2.3 out of 10 the rating fell to 1.8 based on estimates of 197 thousand users. Previously, IMDb had it temporarily concealed, but it doesn’t seem to make sense, as other review aggregator sites reflect similar sentiment: on Rotten Tomatoes, «Snow White» modest 42% «freshness».
The box office results were not good either: the movie earned $87 million globally, but «domestic» debut flopped with $43 million, which is significantly less than the forecasts and results of other similar Disney creations «The Little Mermaid» ($95.5 million), «The Wizard» / «Maleficent» ($69.4 million) and «Cinderella» ($67.8 million).
The official production budget figure is $270 million, so it seems that «Snow White» will have a very, very hard time breaking even. Another interesting point is that the final cost of the remake could be even higher — since Disney provided the above amount back in December 2023, i.e. before post-production and reshoots. According to estimates The New York Times, «Snow White» cost at least $350 million and needs to earn $800 million to keep the studio out of trouble
How is Disney trying to justify its failure? Well, everything is simple. Firstly, the reports provide a December budget estimate, and secondly, all failures are blamed on Rachel Zegler. The actress has made several controversial statements criticizing the original cartoon and more global statements supporting Palestine, which led to a conflict with her co-star Gal Gadot, who served in the Israeli army and had to hire additional security on the set. But all this does not negate the fact that the originally planned «billion-dollar» turned out to be just mediocre and the fact that such a large studio should pay more attention to casting, taking into account the opinions of a large audience of fans.