Disney's latest live-action remake, *Snow White*, directed by Marc Webb known for *The Amazing Spider-Man* films, experienced a challenging start at the box office. According to Comscore, the film debuted with a domestic total of $43 million over its opening weekend. While this was enough to claim the top spot in the week's chart and rank as the second highest domestic opening of 2025, behind only *Captain America: Brave New World*, it fell short of expectations and trailed behind the opening weekend of 2019's *Dumbo*, which earned $45 million domestically. For comparison, previous Disney live-action remakes such as 2019's *The Lion King*, 2017's *Beauty and the Beast*, 2016's *The Jungle Book*, and 2023's *The Little Mermaid* all surpassed the $100 million mark during their opening weekends in the U.S.
Internationally, *Snow White* also had a modest start, bringing in $44.3 million, resulting in a global box office total of $87.3 million for its opening weekend. The film, which features Rachel Zegler as Snow White and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, reportedly cost over $250 million to produce. With such a high budget, coupled with marketing expenses, *Snow White* now faces a significant challenge to reach profitability.
However, there is a glimmer of hope for the film's future performance. Disney's *Mufasa: The Lion King*, a prequel to the successful *The Lion King* remake, started with a domestic opening of just $35.4 million but ultimately grossed over $717 million worldwide. Disney is likely banking on a similar 'sleeper hit' success story for *Snow White*, especially amidst ongoing scrutiny over the box office performance of *Captain America: Brave New World*, which has accumulated $400.8 million globally after six weekends.
IGN's review of *Snow White* gave it a score of 7/10, commending the film for its meaningful adaptation of the original 1937 animated classic, rather than merely replicating it.
