Disney’s Live-Action Remake of Snow White and The Seven Dwarves came to the top of the North American box office card, despite a controversial follow-up to the release of the film.
Based on the classic 1937 that settled Disney’s Name as an industry leader, Snow White has an estimated $ 43m (£ 33.1) domestic, and according to the box office Mojo worldwide $ 87.3 million (£ 67.3) worldwide.
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By comparison, Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King, which came to theaters in December, took $ 35m inland (£ 27m). It is now over $ 700m (£ 540m) worldwide.
Meanwhile, Disney’s Live-Action Dumbo, directed by Tim Burton, took $ 45m (£ 35m) domestically in 2019 in the opening weekend. It has since taken more than $ 350m (£ 270m) worldwide.
Snow White has not done well in China yet, but it only made seventh place in the Chinese box office cards and finished less than $ 1 million (£ 770,000), according to the China Box Office website.
Reviews for the film are mixed, with the Guardian calling it a ‘exhausting horrible recharge’, and the observer also assessed it a ‘toe-curly horrible’.
The Independent was not a fan of the ‘ominous CGI caricatures’ who he said reminiscent of the movie The Polar Express in 2004, a sentiment reflected by Empire who calls the rewarn dwarf an ‘unholy VFX disaster’.
The Daily Mail calls it ‘painfully mud head’, but gives Zegler the thumbs up, and emphasizes her ‘oodles of talent’, while the New York Post said it was ‘mediocre’ and ominous.
Some US outlets have made a more favorable criticism, with a variety it calls “one of the better direct adjustments of a Disney animation feature”, and the Hollywood Reporter who assesses it “mostly fascinating”.
Reviews Aggregator Rotten Tomatoes give the film a 44% critic score – which is translated to “Rotten” – but the audience has achieved 74% on the website’s “popcornometer” and assesses it “fresh”.
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The film had a subdued marketing campaign, with no premiere in the UK and reduced US press opportunities.
The film cost about $ 250 million, and was marked as a potential tent pole film (a film that is expected to be very successful and support a series of merchandise or spin-off opportunities) for Disney early.
But aspirations disappeared as it approached the release as it was hit by controversy after controversy.
Snow White was labeled early as “awake” due to the cast of Latina actress Rachel Zegler, who is of the Colombian Polish descent, starring.
Zegler also faced a setback after suggesting that the early version of the film had content that was unfit for the 21st century – namely the fact that the prince’s “literally” snow white “sting.
There were then speculations about whether Zegler went on with Israeli actress Bile gadotplaying the evil queen as they previously many different views on the Israel-Hamas War.
The use of CGI to create the seven dwarf characters, thereby replace the potential for small people to record the roles, left disability activists to accuse the film of “eradicating” them from the narrative.
Before the release of the film, the comedian, model and content creator Fats Timbo told Sky News that she believes Disney missed a golden opportunity To educate children during what would probably be their first encounter with someone with dwarfism.
Snow White is now in theaters.
