Despite receiving unfavorable reviews, Disney's live-action "Snow White" topped the North American box office charts. According to Box Office Mojo, the film's estimated global debut weekend box office was $87.3 million (£67.5 million), with nearly half of that coming from North America.
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03-26, 2025However, this result fell short of expectations, as the film reportedly cost over $270 million to produce. This adaptation of the 1937 animated feature film encountered a series of controversies before its release, seemingly predetermining its inability to achieve success. The adaptation of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" became a focal point of social and political division even before it hit global cinemas.
These controversies included criticism of the casting of Colombian actress Rachel Zegler as Snow White, as well as strong opposition to Zegler's pro-Palestinian remarks and Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen (Snow White's stepmother), for her pro-Israel sentiments. Furthermore, there was an ongoing debate about whether dwarfs should appear in the film at all, whether as real people or in computer-generated imagery (CGI).
In mainland China, "Snow White" did not rank among the top five films in cinema box office, according to data from the Entgroup Box Office website. In the country with a population of over 1.4 billion, the film grossed less than $1 million in its first three days. Entertainment industry consultant Patrick Frater told the BBC: "I suspect that multiple controversies have weakened the film's appeal." He also added: "And that we're seeing a weakening of the impact in Asia of many Hollywood movies since the beginning of the pandemic."
On the review website Rotten Tomatoes, "Snow White" has a critic score of only 44%, but an audience "popcorn score" of 73%. Wendy Ide, chief film critic for The Observer, described it as "embarrassingly awful," but David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "mostly engaging." The BBC's Nicholas Barber said that with its creepy CGI dwarfs and muddled tone, Disney's latest live-action remake is "not a disaster," but rather "an incredible mishmash."
