Nolte: Box Office Experts Predict ‘Snow White’ Will Bomb

Nolte: Box Office Experts Predict ‘Snow White’ Will Bomb


The Disney Grooming Syndicate’s live-action Snow White remake is looking like a box office bomb, according to various box office “experts.”

The reported budget for this walking public relations disaster is anywhere from $240 to $270 million, and that’s before promotion costs. All-in, I’d say Disney is on the hook for at least $350 million, which means break even will require a $650 to $750 million worldwide gross (theaters take about half of ticket sales).

Last month, Snow White was projected to open (domestically) somewhere between $65 and $85 million, which is only okay. But as the weeks rolled on and pre-sales became part of the estimates, those estimates dropped to as low as $45 million, which would make it the worst Disney

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