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Variety reports:

Disney‘s “Snow White” is the fairest of them all on box office charts. The musical earned $16 million across Friday and preview screenings from 4,200 venues. It’s enough of a start to put “Snow White,” which stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, on track to land within projections for an opening weekend north of $45 million.

That would mark the second-biggest debut of the year behind fellow Disney release “Captain America: Brave New World.” But like that Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, “Snow White” is budgeted like a four-quadrant tentpole and needs to play like one.

The Marc Webb-directed fairy tale carries a massive production cost north of $250 million, meaning it faces a steep climb to profitability.

Read the full article. The cult has been screaming that “Snow White” is woke and is rooting for the film to flop, much as they did with “Barbie” – which ended up grossing over $1.5 billion.