Disney's Live-Action Snow White Hits Digital After Re-Release Flop

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Disney has spent the past fewer years going all-in connected live-action remakes of the studio's animated classics. Some of these releases were hits astatine the container office, notably 2019’s The Lion King and 2017’s Beauty and the Beast, but it's harmless to accidental that nary person achieved the aforesaid level of taste interaction arsenic the archetypal films.

While astir each of these releases person been mired successful astatine slightest immoderate pushback oregon controversy, Snow White seemed to beryllium a tipping point. Though Siddhant Adlakha's Snow White reappraisal describes prima Rachel Zegler arsenic "remarkable," the movie arsenic a full didn't recieved overmuch praise. (Gal Gadot's acting adjacent became a meme implicit connected TikTok.)

After a comparatively unsuccessful theatrical run, Disney’s live-action Snow White is present disposable connected digital. While the movie hasn’t made it to Disney+ rather yet, that does mean families (or anyone curious) tin ticker the movie astatine home.

Disney’s Snow White Now Available connected Digital

Snow White

Follow Snow White’s escapade arsenic she journeys into magical woods to flight the Evil Queen and meets the beloved Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Dopey, Grumpy and Doc who articulation her quest to reconstruct the kingdom.

Snow White arrives connected integer little than 2 months aft the movie’s archetypal merchandise successful theaters. Though $200 cardinal successful planetary container bureau gross is thing to scoff at, it’s inactive a ways distant from the $250 cardinal Variety reports Disney invested successful the project.

This spread comes arsenic nary surprise; Snow White had struggled astatine the container bureau since its opening weekend. The movie appeared to beryllium rapidly forgotten successful household nighttime movie sermon successful the aftermath of different live-action adaptation: A Minecraft Movie.

For immoderate reason, Disney aboriginal decided to propulsion a Morbius and re-release the movie successful theaters for Mother's Day play successful May. The movie's show astatine this signifier was adjacent much grim, achieving conscionable $330,000 successful gross crossed astir 2,000 theaters.

Does this spell the opening of the extremity for Disney’s live-action remakes? Who knows. We tin ne'er foretell what acquisition movie execs volition determine to instrumentality distant from this benignant of fiscal disappointment. In the aftermath of Snow White, Disney has enactment a "pause" connected its recently-announced Tangled remake. Meanwhile, the live-action Lilo & Stitch movie is inactive acceptable to deed theaters connected May 23.

What I bash cognize for definite is that container bureau flops similar this thin to foster a decent magnitude of curiosity. If you’re idiosyncratic who couldn’t rather warrant a travel to the theatre but yet needs to witnesser Gal Gadot’s show arsenic the Evil Queen, you're successful luck.

Snow White Is Also Available connected DVD, Blu-ray

Snow White [4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD]

Preorders person besides gone unrecorded for the carnal merchandise of Snow White, which includes a DVD, Blu-ray, and a Collector’s Edition 4K steelbook, each of which are acceptable to merchandise connected June 24. We've besides rounded up tons of upcoming Blu-rays if you're successful the mediate of gathering your collection.

When Will Snow White Stream connected Disney+?

The archetypal 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been streaming connected the Disney-owned work since its inception successful 2019, and the live-action mentation volition surely beryllium joining it astatine immoderate point. Recent Disney releases, similar Mufasa: The Lion King and Moana 2, landed connected Disney+ astir 3 months aft their archetypal merchandise successful theaters. Assuming a akin timeline for the fairest of them all, we should spot Snow White connected Disney+ by the extremity of June.

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Originally posted:

May 13, 2025 9:00 pm

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