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Disney's Disastrous 'Snow White' Remake Lost Them An Absolute Fortune, New Filings Reveal
- Disney's 2025 live-action remake of Snow White lost approximately $170 million due to high production costs of $271 million after UK tax incentives and poor box office performance of $205 million worldwide.
- The film opened with $87.3 million domestically, 13% below forecasts, making it one of Disney's lowest-grossing live-action remakes.
- The remake replaced dwarf actors with CGI characters, and the lead actress Rachel Zegler publicly criticized the original film, which contributed to negative audience reception and backlash.
- Industry insiders attribute Snow White's financial failure and negative reception to creative decisions aimed at modernizing the story, which alienated fans of the classic tale.
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Woke 'Snow White' remake lost way more money than you could ever imagine
Perhaps Snow White should have kept her seven dwarfs, after all.The 2025 live-action remake of "Snow White" dropped its use of dwarf actors and ended up being a progressive disaster as star Rachel Zegler mocked the traditional story in media interviews.'We didn't do that this time.'"Snow White" dragged its way to an $87 million domestic weekend when it opened, and while that seems like a massive sum for anyone, filings reported by Forbes showed …
Disney’s ‘Snow White’ film lost $170M, excluding marketing costs: One of the ‘biggest film financial disasters in Hollywood history’
Almost a year after Disney’s 2025 live-action remake of "Snow White" was released, final accounting has revealed that the progressive film “went over its initial production budget,” with costs for filming reaching $336.5 million.
Disney's Disastrous 'Snow White' Remake Lost Them An Absolute Fortune, New Filings Reveal
When you look up "cautionary tale" in the dictionary, from now on, there's going to be a poster for "Snow White" listed. Disney Studios under CEO Bob Iger decided that they would essentially no longer make original content. Instead, they'd focus exclusively on franchises, remakes, and existing intellectual property under their control. That led to a full slate of "live action" films based on classic animated Disney stories. The first few movies …
Disney Loses $170M on Snow White Remake
Nearly a year has passed since the live-action adaptation of "Snow White" arrived in theaters and crashed at the box office. The high-profile production starring Rachel Zegler as Disney's first princess and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen received particularly cold reviews (50 lukewarm on Metacritic, 39 rotten on Rotten Tomatoes, and an especially embarrassing 2.2 on IMDb), and the studio has been known to have lost considerable money on the project…
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