Snow White has endured a tough opening weekend at the box office, securing one of the lowest domestic totals for any of Disney’s remakes so far.
Comscore figures for the Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2) directed Snow White revealed a $43 million domestic box office debut, which is the second biggest of 2025 so far behind only MCU flick Captain America: Brave New World and enough to top this week’s chart, but below the live-action Dumbo’s domestic launch haul of $45 million back in 2019, and below estimates.
For context, 2019’s The Lion King, 2017’s Beauty and the Beast, 2016’s The Jungle Book, and 2023’s The Little Mermaid all secured more than $100 domestically during their opening weekends.
It was a similarly sleepy start for Snow White internationally, where the opening weekend brought in $44.3 million. That makes for a total of $87.3 million at the global box office, according to Comscore estimates.
Snow White is a live-action remake of Disney’s 1937 animated classic starring musical veteran Rachel Zegler in the title role and Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen. It carries a reported production cost of over $250 million, and based on its launch box office, it now faces an uphill battle to break even, especially when you consider marketing costs.
However, there may be light at the end of the tunnel for Snow White. Mufasa: The Lion King, Disney’s The Lion King remake prequel, opened to a poor $35.4 million domestically when it came out in December, but ended up earning over $717 million worldwide at the global box office.
Disney will be hoping for a similar ‘sleeper hit’ trajectory for Snow White amid continued tough questions about the performance of Captain America: Brave New World. Speaking of Brave New World, Captain America has now grossed $400.8 million globally ($192.1 million domestic and $208.7 million international) after six weekends.
IGN’s Snow White review returned a 7/10. We said: “Snow White is a live-action Disney remake that meaningfully adapts its original, rather than creating a lesser mimicry.”
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