Snow White Box Office Collection Day 5: Rachel Zegler-Gal Gadot’s Disney movie sees another dip in earnings, mints...

Snow White Box Office Collection Day 5: In India, Snow White, the Walt Disney Co.’s modern-day remake of the 1937 animated classic “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, has struggled to keep the box office numbers up amid mixed reviews and a blizzard of negative publicity.

Snow White Box Office Collection Day 5

Snow White (3D) has recorded a steady fall in its earnings in India after the weekend. According to film industry tracker Sacnilk, the live-action film earned only ₹44 lakh on Tuesday, March 25, for all languages.

This is 20 per cent less than what the movie earned on Monday.

According to Sacnilk, the Disney remake's total earnings in India now stand at ₹4.16 crore.

The movie reportedly had a budget of over $250 million ( ₹2,149 crore).

Snow White vs Bollywood releases

Snow White failed to strike a chord with the Indian audience, where Bollywood mainstream movies still ruled the box office.

Snow White is competing with Chhaava, a cult favourite and The Diplomat. While Chhaava earned ₹586.35 crore during its 40-day run, The Diplomat, released a month later, minted ₹27.40 crore in 12 days.

Given the numbers, it is clear that the modern-day take on Walt Disney Co.’s 1937 classic did not sit very well with the audience.

Snow White: Controversies

The live-action musical Snow White was hampered by a number of controversies that may have cost the company at the box office.

Some online detractors didn’t think Zegler, an American actress with Colombian heritage, should be cast as Snow White.

Zegler also fanned controversy with political comments about US President Donald Trump and the Israeli-Palestinian war. Disney’s reimagining of the dwarfs as computer-generated, magical beings added to the heat.

In 2022, actor Peter Dinklage criticized the remake plans as “backward.” Disney ultimately opted to drop “and the Seven Dwarfs” from the original's title, and animate the dwarfs.

The company made the remake a tale of female empowerment. Instead of trying to find a husband, the new Snow White leads a Joan of Arc-like rebellion against the Evil Queen, played by Gal Gadot.

She was named not for her complexion, but for the snow storm her family endured the day she was born. Her love interest is one of the rebels, not a prince.

Some right-wing commentators targeted Snow White and Zegler's casting as an overly “woke” production. Delays and reshoots also ran up costs.

(With agency inputs)