The latest drought to torment the cash register has only been relieved somewhat by Disneys ”Snow White“Who earned $ 16 million from 4,200 theaters on their opening day and earns a small $ 48 million opening weekend.
This result encounters forecasts before the release of a launch of $ 45-50 million for the film, but “Snow White” will need remarkable legs to break even theatrical against its budget of $ 250 million plus before marketing costs.
The opportunity for this decreases when early audience reception for the film, although positive, is less enthusiastic than for previous films in the Disney -Make series. Above all, the film has earned a B+ on Cinemascore and highlighted the first time that a Disney remake that polled by Cinemascore did not earn an A- or higher from opening day’s film guests.
Meanwhile, early Rotten tomatoes scores Stand on 44% critics and 71% audience. By comparison, the 2023 remake of “The Little Mermaid” stands on 67% critics and 94% audience, while “Mufasa”, which made an unfortunate $ 35 million in domestic opening to a successful $ 253 million North American total in the last holiday, stands at 57% critics and 89% audience.
Next weekend will reveal if “Snow White” will have a long theater life, as it will be the last weekend where there will be no family or premium format competition before Warner Bros. “” A Minecraft Movie “is released.
But at the moment, “Snow White” is the only movie that even collects more than $ 5 million this weekend, which makes up more than half of the estimated total sum of $ 82 million. Holdovers make up the rest of the top 5.
What has not done top 5 is Warner Bros. “Alto Knights”, a $ 50 million crime drama with Robert De Niro of $ 50 million bombing with an opening weekend of just $ 3 million from 2,651 theaters. It is during the third weekend of $ 3.7 million in another Warner Mrfire, “Mickey 17”, which has collected $ 40 million domestic so far and is currently crossing the global brand of $ 100 million against a reported production budget of $ 118 million.
Based on the life of real chief of crime Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, “The Alto Knights” does not impress critics with a 39% rotten tomatoes score.
