{"id":2283053,"date":"2026-02-15T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2283053"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:46:19","slug":"disney-loses-170-million-with-snow-white-live-action-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/disney-loses-170-million-with-snow-white-live-action-flop\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney loses $170 million with &#8216;Snow White&#8217; live action flop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F02%2Fgeneral-views-walt-disney-company-121389791.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>After years of controversies and tepid results at the box office, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/19\/entertainment\/snow-white-review-one-more-boring-mediocre-live-action-disney-retread\/\">Disney\u2019s 2025 live-action \u201cSnow White\u201d remake\u00a0<\/a>has reportedly netted an approximately $170 million loss.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/carolinereid\/2026\/02\/10\/disney-loses-170-million-on-snow-white-as-studio-reveals-movie-blew-its-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forbes reported<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday that filings indicate the recent controversial live-action \u201cSnow White\u201d remake cost a whopping $336.5 million, yet met with low returns after years of controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet explained that this can be discerned thanks to the fact the movie was filmed in the United Kingdom. The U.K. has local laws which benefit films with a generous reimbursement, but come with heavy rules. As a result, Disney had to create a subsidiary company,\u00a0Hidden Heart Productions, in order to film there. As a result of these local U.K.-based rules, showing expenditures that otherwise remains a closely-guarded secret for films made in the United States, Disney\u2019s massive expenses were revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2023 this author revealed in Britain\u2019s Daily Mail newspaper that by July 31, 2022 Disney had already spent a staggering $183.3 million on making Snow White even though principal photography had only just wrapped,\u201d contributor Caroline Reid wrote. \u201cThe latest set of filings are for the year to December 31, 2024 which was less than three months before the movie debuted so should give an almost-complete picture of its costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Disney\u2019s 2025 live-action \u201cSnow White\u201d remake\u00a0has seen a $170 million loss. <span class=\"credit\">Walt Disney Co.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The writer went on to emphasize, \u201cThe $336.5 million spent on Snow White is higher than the cost of Disney\u2019s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, its Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel movie and its live action version of Beauty and the Beast which grossed a staggering $1.3 billion in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom indeed came through with a reimbursement for Disney, but the writer argued this was not enough to redeem the production.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThe $336.5 million spent on Snow White is higher than the cost of Disney\u2019s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, its Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel movie and its live action version of Beauty and the Beast,\u201d Forbes reported. <span class=\"credit\">Walt Disney Co.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen and Rachel Zegler as Snow White in the film. <span class=\"credit\">Giles Keyte<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe U.K. government also gave\u00a0Snow Whitea magic touch as it reimbursed $64.9 million (\u00a352.3 million) of the movie\u2019s costs. This brought its net expenses down to $271.6 million but even that wasn\u2019t enough to give it a happy ending in theaters,\u201d Reid quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Then, with the costs of bringing the movie to theaters themselves, a new level of complexity was added to the expenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount that theaters pay to studios is known in the trade as a rental fee and an indication of the typical level comes from film industry consultant\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stephenfollows.com\/how-a-cinemas-box-office-income-is-distributed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Follows<\/a>\u00a0who interviewed 1,235 film professionals in 2014 and concluded that, according to studios, theaters keep 49% of the takings on average,\u201d Reid summarized. \u201cThis research lends weight to the widely-established 50-50 split which would give Disney just $102.9 million from\u00a0Snow White\u00a0yielding a $168.7 million loss at the box office after deducting the $271.6 million net spending on the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest box office bombs in the history of the movie business, in pure dollar value terms,\u201d OutKick reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cOne of the biggest box office bombs in the history of the movie business, in pure dollar value terms,\u201d OutKick said. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But beyond financial woes, the remake of the iconic film has had its fair share of<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/11\/entertainment\/disney-scales-back-snow-white-premiere-after-controversy-report\/\"> cultural controversies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022,\u00a0Peter Dinklage\u00a0criticized Disney for remaking a \u201cf\u2014ing backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together,\u201d while being progressive with its casting of lead actress Rachel Zegler.<\/p>\n<p>Disney then\u00a0reportedly responded\u00a0in 2023, at least temporarily, by replacing the dwarfs with multiracial and gender-mixed \u201cmagical creatures.\u201d This plan was later scrapped in lieu of using computer-animated mythological dwarfs who looked like those featured in the original animated film.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zegler also stirred controversy\u00a0by speaking ill of the original 1937 film, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/15\/entertainment\/snow-white-stars-gal-gadot-and-rachel-zegler-divided-over-israel-palestine-conflict\/\">criticizing Israel<\/a>, and posting on social media, \u201cMay Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace,\u201d adding, \u201cF\u2014 Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of controversies and tepid results at the box office, Disney\u2019s 2025 live-action \u201cSnow White\u201d remake\u00a0has reportedly netted an approximately $170 million loss. Forbes reported\u00a0on Tuesday that filings indicate the recent controversial live-action \u201cSnow White\u201d remake cost a whopping $336.5 million, yet met with low returns after years of controversy. 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