'Snow White' opens with $43 million at box office, 'Alto Knights' a total misfire

The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action, controversy-bedeviled “Snow White” opened in theaters with a sleepy $43 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday

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'Snow White' opens with a sleepy $43 million at box office

The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action, controversy-bedeviled “Snow White” opened in theaters with a sleepy $43 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
NBC News - 1d
Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Has a Sleepy Box Office Start

The polarizing remake collected $43 million, a weak result compared with openings for similar Disney films.
The New York Times - 1d
Disney's 'Snow White' opens with a lackluster $43 million amid controversies, poor reviews

Disney's live-action 'Snow White' debuts after weathering dust-ups around politics, race and its star's comments about the 1937 original.
Los Angeles Times - 2d
Disney's Snow White film tops box office despite bad reviews

The film has taken an estimated $87.3m globally during its opening weekend, according to Box Office Mojo.
BBC News - 1d
With live-action 'Snow White,' Disney finds itself again in culture war crosshairs

Disney's live-action 'Snow White' has faced a difficult road to its opening next week, with external controversies dogging it at every step.
Los Angeles Times - Mar. 12
Disney's "Snow White" will be out next week after series of controversies

The live action remake of Disney's "Snow White" will be out next week, but without some of the studio's typical marketing ahead of the release due to a series of controversies. Fans of the film ...
CBS News - Mar. 14
Inside the Controversy Surrounding Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Remake

The dwarfs. The casting. The politics of the lead actress. And that wig! Is Disney’s live-action remake of the classic film doomed by culture war skirmishes?
The New York Times - 3d
‘It’s controversial and polarising’: is Disney’s new Snow White a poisoned apple?

The studio’s latest remake may need more than a magic kiss to survive its entanglements with politics, sexism and CGI dwarf trouble . Five years ago a $250m remake of Snow White and the Seven ...
The Guardian - Mar. 15
Exhaustingly awful or a vibrant retelling? Mixed reviews for Snow White remake

The reviews are in for Disney's live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
BBC News - 5d

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