Woke Snow White star Rachel Zegler watched her own flop of a movie in an empty theater with a few friends after the Disney remake turned out to be a box office bomb.
Zegler, 23, is still waiting on her Prince Charming to steal her away from this nightmare after critics mocked the award-winning actress for the lack of fans filling the theater seats – even on Discount Tuesday!
The young actress went to see her own film on Tuesday with friends Ilda Mason, Jorge Mason-Remy and Maria Isabel de Mason, according to Ilda’s Instagram Stories.
As she filmed, Ilda screamed Zegler’s name as it appeared on screen in the near-empty theater before she panned the camera to the film’s lead, who bashfully laughed before cheering for herself.
It is unclear if the group of four rented out a private theater for the viewing.
The group also participated in a fun social media trend where they asked the Regal employee for ‘two tickets, please.’
Zegler, 23, is still waiting on her Prince Charming to steal her away from this nightmare as critics mock the award-winning actress for the lack of fans filling the theater seats – even on Discount Tuesday!
The young actress went to see her own film on Tuesday with friends Ilda Mason, Jorge Mason-Remy and Maria Isabel de Mason
They were seen at the theater holding a souvenir Snow What cup and popcorn bucket. It is unclear if the group of four rented out a private theater
‘For which movie?’ he asked. The camera then panned back to the group of four as they held their souvenir Snow White drink cup and popcorn bucket, looking confused.
Zegler also held a small bouquet of flowers, as it seemed her crew were congratulating her on the film’s release – as it certainly wasn’t for the box office numbers.
The movie made just $3.5 million in Thursday previews and earned $43 million during its opening weekend.
That places the film well behind the performance of Disney’s Little Mermaid remake, which premiered in 2023 and made $95 million during its opening weekend.
Disney’s 2019 Dumbo remake made $2.6 million in previews and profited a total of $45 million on opening weekend.
However, Dumbo only required $170 million to make, compared to Snow White’s budget of more than $250 million, excluding marketing costs.
Despite the underperforming figures, Snow White’s preview numbers did rank higher than Disney’s Cinderella remake, which only grossed $2.3 million. However, Cinderella ended up pulling a Cinderella story with a surprising $91.8 million in its opening weekend.
If the empty theaters across the nation is any indicator of the film’s dismal debut, it’s certainly catching the eye of Zegler’s critics.
If the empty theaters across the nation is any indicator of the film’s dismal debut, it’s certainly catching the eye of Zegler’s critics
Some critics have even jokingly called for someone to start a GoFundMe to help the movie make up its production costs
What’s not helping the film’s success is the controversies surrounding the film – from it being called too ‘woke’ to Zegler being blamed for death threats aimed at costar Gal Gadot, who is Israeli (pictured: Zegler and Gadot in the middle)
Screenshots began circulating on social media of theater seating charts with only a few seats filled and photos of moviegoers surrounded by empty chairs.
Some critics have even jokingly called for someone to start a GoFundMe to help the movie make up its production costs.
What’s not helping the film’s success is the controversies surrounding the film – from it being called too ‘woke’ to Zegler being blamed for death threats aimed at costar Gal Gadot, who is Israeli.
Zegler’s pro-Palestine posts have been blamed for a spike in death threats directed at Gadot that grew so fierce Disney reportedly forked out for private security.
Zegler made movie executives nervous after she wrote ‘and always remember, free Palestine’ after an X post last August in which she discussed the hype for the embattled fairytale film.
The comment allegedly caused a spike in death threats towards her 39-year-old co-star Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen, according to Variety.
The Hollywood journal has suggested Gadot came under so much fire from fans that Disney’s top brass elected to hire security for the mother-of-four, who completed two years of mandatory Israel Defence Forces service as an instructor in her youth.
It’s the latest in a long line of controversies to tar the live-action remake of Disney’s classic, the first feature-length animation produced by the studio in 1937.
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