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31-03-2025
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'Snow White' box office plummets, suffers 66% drop in second weekend
Following an already lukewarm opening, "Snow White" has plummeted in the box office after a little over a week in theaters. The controversy-laden film, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, dropped out of the No. 1 spot in its second weekend after earning just $14.2 million domestically, according to Variety — a 66% decline from its opening weekend. "A Working Man," starring actor Jason Statham, nabbed the top domestic box office spot, earning $15.2 million in the United States. As 'Snow White' Struggles, Here Are Five More Disney Controversies That Rocked The Company Public relations crisis expert Sarah Schmidt says that the movie's dwindling viewership is not the result of "wokeness," but rather Disney's inability to "respect the weight of the crown." "They cast a rising star, radically reworked an American classic, and then went silent while the internet lit the match. Instead of arming Rachel Zegler with a clear message or standing beside her when her comments went viral, they disappeared," Schmidt, president of Interdependence Public Relations, told Fox News Digital. Read On The Fox News App "They skipped the fanbase, skipped the charm, and skipped the chance to explain the magic. This wasn't a cultural war casualty—it was a failure to lead the conversation. If Disney wants to regain trust, they need to stop playing defense and start storytelling again — in their films and in their PR," Schmidt added. Disney Drops Transgender Storyline From Upcoming Animated Pixar Show 'Win Or Lose' "Snow White" has earned $66.8 million domestically and $143.1 million internationally, Variety also reported. Zegler's past comments cursing out President Donald Trump and saying she wished his supporters had "no peace" didn't help the film's public relations struggles. The new Disney live-action remake has a budget of approximately $250 million — making it one of the company's most expensive film productions in the last several years. "Snow White" opened in the U.S. and Canada to $43 million in ticket sales, still coming in first place at the domestic box office, according to studio estimates, the Los Angeles Times reported. It cost an estimated $250 million to make, before marketing costs. The movie grossed $44 million overseas for a total global debut of $87 million. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Will Woke Snow White Cause Disney's Fall? The opening weekend was a disappointment as it was projected as recently as last month to make upwards of $85 million in its opening weekend, but estimates slid downward. By way of comparison to other recent live-action Disney adaptations, "The Lion King" in 2019 made $191 million in its opening weekend domestically, and "Beauty and the Beast" in 2017 earned $174 million in its first weekend in the theaters, Forbes reported. Fox News Digital has reached out to Disney for comment about the box office article source: 'Snow White' box office plummets, suffers 66% drop in second weekend
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31-03-2025
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Disney releases Pixar show with Christian character after dropping transgender storyline: report
A new animated series from Disney-owned Pixar, "Win or Lose," features a character who makes a Christian prayer. Original plans to have a transgender character in the same show were scrapped. The first episode in the new series, "Coach's Kid," shows "Laurie" bowing her head in prayer ahead of a game, according to The Christian Post. "Dear Heavenly Father, please give me strength … I just want to catch a ball or get a hit," Laurie says in the scene. "I promise I'll be good, and I, uh, won't do that thing again." Disney Drops Transgender Storyline From Upcoming Animated Pixar Show 'Win Or Lose' Laurie also prays in another scene during the episode: "Please help me be good. I'm gonna train so hard." Pixar Animation Studios' "Win or Lose" "follows a co-ed middle-school softball team named the Pickles in the week leading up to their championship softball game," according to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), which first broke the news about the changes made to the show. Read On The Fox News App The show, which premiered in February, made headlines late last year after Disney revealed that it dropped a transgender storyline before release. "A source close to Win or Lose said the studio made the decision to alter course several months ago," THR reported. As 'Snow White' Struggles, Here Are Five More Disney Controversies That Rocked The Company A spokesperson for the media company said in a statement that the changes were made in deference to parents who would prefer to address those sorts of topics with their children on their own. "When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline," a Disney spokesperson told Fox News Digital in December about the changes made to the show. Disney did not immediately respond to an additional request for comment from Fox News Digital. Fox News' Kristine Parks and Gabriel Hays contributed to this article source: Disney releases Pixar show with Christian character after dropping transgender storyline: report
