What went wrong?
We made another lazy live action remake of a beloved cartoon that no one asked for. On top of that we changed the source material so, even though it’s beloved, it will be different, meaning the nostalgia factor won’t even be there to help the box office. We also put all of our movies on our streaming service within weeks of their theatrical release…..Why isn’t anyone going to see ~~our lazy remake~~ the new Snow White movie in theaters?
-Disney Execs probably
beloved
nostalgia factor
It originally came out in 1937. The people who might be nostalgic about it now never experienced it as a cultural phenomenon, only as one of many animated movies and, frankly, not a very fun one by the standard of modern kids.
But then again, they remade Dumbo of all things...
Do you think I lack nostalgia for my laser discs?
For the disks themselves, sure. But for Snow White?
It’s so easy to blame “controversy” for the failure of a movie people just aren’t interested in seeing. This is all too common a tactic of movies and games these days.
The Ghostbusters method.
I agree that this was a movie that really just did not need to be made. However, I think casting a character whose main trait is that she is white as snow with a character who is not super white is akin to casting a white person or a black person to play Mulan.
Not that I would be interested in the movie one way or another. I just see how it was an intentionally controversial choice.
Snow White (2025):
It cost 400 million to make and only made 300 million.
Hollywood: (makes live action version of animated feature)
Public: Hated it
Hollywood: Oh no!
Hollywood: (makes live action version of animated feature) rinse/repeat
Maybe it was just hot garbage
Disney needs to go back to its vaulting/limited rerelease strat. Hasn't been a good new IP from them in a looooong time, and their streaming service pumps out hot garbage faster than it can be consumed.
Just curious, what's a long time? I feel like I'm particularly critical of them as well, but they did have a bunch of originals throughout the 2010's. Frozen was huge, and you also had wreck-it Ralph, Moana, Zootopia, Big Hero 6, and Encanto that were all pretty good or better. The 2020's have been pretty slow, I'll give you that.
Disney exec: Of course! Live action Wreck-it Ralph!
Would zootopia have had as much cultural impact if it weren't for all the adult furries who wanted to fuck the rabbit and/or fox?
People say this is doing bad, but it was showing at our local theater this weekend, and I have not seen a movie that packed since pre covid times. I'll wait until the final numbers actually come in.
It led the box office its opening weekend. I think the only problem was its budget vs who they actually expected to want this film.
Hear me out now. Maybe... Just maybe.... When the appearance of the main character is in the name of the story and referenced in the source material just maybe you shouldn't change that.
Somewhere in an alternate timeline there was a snow black movies kids grew up watching and Disney cast Emma Stone as the main actress. Same box office results.
Now I recognize that the live action had way more problems than just who they cast to play the main character, but I feel like even from the first step they were already doomed.
Once you add in that the main actress was publicly bashing the source material and they cast Gal CantAct as the queen.... Then you throw in the CGI dwarves controversy nonsense.
Its not really a surprise it's set to lose Disney 500m+.