Netizens even shared images that what seemed to be nearly empty theaters for the weekend opening of the film.
However, it came in at $87.3 million instead.
Domestically, themovie fared below expectations, with weekend numbershitting around $43 million.
Its definitely 45 million dollars more than it should have made, a social media user commented.
Only ONE person bought tickets for tonight, said the user named Kangmin Lee.
Yeah, this movies gonna flop.
ZERO, he wrote.
Ive never seen a major movie from Disney have this little interest opening weekend, he continued.
This is hilariously abysmal.
Stop remaking the classics with race-swaps and overused liberal tropes pls.
Experts from the industry shared their thoughts on the films performance last weekend.
Entertainment industry consultant Patrick Frater toldBBCthat the multiple controversies surrounding the film may have dulled its appeal.
The controversies surrounding the film included netizens questioning why an actress of Colombian descent played the lead character.
But you dont particularly see people who look like me or are me playing roles like that.
Ticket sales are completely empty.
Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian said thepoor ticket sales forSnow Whitesopeningweekend could be because of the surplus of remakes.
The movie could see a steady growth in the coming weeks.
Its a Disney film.
It settles in, theres not going to be a lot of family competition, said David A.
Gross, who runs movie consultancy FranchiseRe.
Disney is having a bad hair day.
BREAKING: An entire movie theater was empty for Disneys new Snow White remake.
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