Disney’s Snow White Remake Needs to Make $340 Million to Break Even
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. To avoid becoming a box office bomb, Snow White needs to break even at $340 million.
Breaking even at the box office means that the movie has to earn double its production budget. According to Forbes, this number would need to be at least $340 million to qualify as a box office success. Financial statements from Forbes said that Walt Disney Studios spent $209.3 million producing Snow White. The huge costs could have come from the COVID-19 pandemic that delayed production. Film production was originally going to begin in March 2020. Filming didn’t start until two years later in the UK in March 2022.
The financial statements also said that the film earned $41.1 million in reimbursement cash due to the UK’s Film Tax Relief initiative. This would bring the production costs of the Marc Webb-directed movie to $168.2 million, which doesn’t seem to count post-production costs. The box office would have to make at least $336.4 million to balance out the costs.
Original reports say the delay of Snow White was from the SAG-AFTRA Strike. ComicBookMovie reported that an insider alleges the delay came from financial safety reasons to ensure it doesn’t flop. Otherwise, a financial disaster can mean future remakes and potential Snow White sequels could cease to exist. So, it looks like Disney is aware of the odds that Snow White could flop.
The backlash for Snow White first started when casting announcements revealed Rachel Zegler was the lead. Fans weren’t happy to hear a Latina actress was embodying the role compared to a
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