Marc Webb’s Snow White has been the talk of Tinseltown for the past few weeks, although almost always for negative reasons. Surrounded by inescapable controversy, it seems as if the swirling chaos that surrounds Disney's latest live-action remake may have had a significant impact on its opening weekend box office performance. Domestically,Snow White has earned $43 million across its opening three days, a similar total to the debut total of Tim Burton’s underwhelming Dumboremake, with likenesses already being drawn from all corners of the media landscape. Add this to a similar international haul so far, and Snow White's global opening weekend total of $87.3 million is likely much less than higher-ups had hoped for.

Nevertheless, against a 2025 cinematic backdrop that has thus far underperformed, this total is already enough to propel Snow White into the top 5 highest-grossing 2025 movies in the US. However, with both Paddington in Peru and...