Disney's Snow White Bombed at the Box Office—Now It's Getting Revenge on Streaming
Disney's Snow White remake was one of 2025's biggest punching bags.
Snow White was a $269 million live-action gamble that barely made $205 million back and triggered a temporary freeze on Disney's remake pipeline. But now, after all that noise, it's quietly climbing the charts on Disney+.
It's not a box office comeback story — that ship sank months ago — but Snow White's streaming performance is the first real win for a movie that was dragged through every kind of controversy imaginable.
For starters, the backlash was brutal. Fans and critics alike slammed everything from the updated story to the digital dwarfs to the film's overall tone. It ended up with a 39% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes — one of the lowest for any Disney remake — though the audience score landed at 70%, suggesting at least some viewers didn't hate it.
Caught in the middle of it all was Rachel Zegler, who somehow became the face of the film's failure. A lot of the criticism leveled at her was completely unfair — trolls went after her personally, dragging up everything from casting choices to her political views. She also faced racist attacks and outrage over her pro-Palestinian comments, all while Disney did little to protect its lead actress from the fallout.
Which is frustrating, because Zegler was actually the best thing in the movie. Her performance as Snow White was full of heart, and vocally, she carried the musical side of the film with ease. Critics may have hated the dwarfs, but nobody questioned her voice.
Streaming success won't erase the theatrical bomb, but it does soften the blow. And it might help remind people that Zegler's the real deal — a talented musical performer who just needs a project that isn't buried under bad buzz.
What's next for her? Two things on the horizon:
A summer 2025 stage revival of Evita, where she's starring as Eva Perón.
- A comedy-drama film called She Gets It From Me, co-starring Marisa Tomei — no release date yet.
Snow White may not have worked out, but Rachel Zegler's career isn't slowing down. If anything, streaming might be the place where this film finally finds the audience it never had in theaters.