Monday, March 24, 2025

Snow White Leads With Sleepy $43 Million, Robert De Niro’s Mob Drama ‘Alto Knights’ Misfires With Disastrous $3 Million Debut

 "Snow White" is probably the most beautiful, with a major domestic cash description of $43 million, but Disney's latest live-action remake has a sleepy start. 


Overseas, Snow White, USD 44.3 million, was also easily opened  behind the forecast for a global launch of USD 87.3 million. The film was collected worldwide for USD 100 million over the weekend. 


"Snow White" has arrived in the movie. He persecuted him in a controversy that included criticism  of the film's seven dwarf presentations, complaints about changes in history that lasted almost 100 years, and demands for boycotting by Israeli Hama War co-stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot. There were also expensive new states that expanded their film budgets to millions. As a result, Disney expanded the  Los Angeles film with the film, without the traditional interview with the red carpet. However, analysts don't believe that a flood of bad ads is actually considered in ticket sales. 



"This is not an ideal situation," says Paul Dergarabedian, senior ComScore analyst. In the case of Snow White, the kids and family probably just wanted to watch the PG movie and may not be aware of the controversy. 


Nevertheless, the film's view of animated classics from 1937 achieved the country's lowest debut of various RE samples of Disney, which spent Dumbo on US$45 million under 2019 (without adapting to  inflation). Open dollars. Three of these "Aladdin" 2019, The Beauty and the Beast's and 2019, were Löwenkönig's blockbusters, but the 2016 Jungle Book of  the  Jungle Book was nearly $967 million. 


What does that mean for "Snow White" in relation to box office revenue? Well, are music films classified as success, or are the flops based on the expansion of the tent pole? The $250 million film in which  Zegler as the original Disney Princess and Gadot plays the leading role as the evil queen follows a similar flight path from Dumbo ($353 million worldwide), with too many replicas of live-action Remakes on Disney. The Little Mermaid was expected to cost USD 569 million worldwide in 2023. Another new reboot, Lilo & Stitch, will end up in the cinemas in May. 


However, Disney believes that "Snow White" reflects Mufasa's slow and steady rise in December last year. The Lion King prequel opened at a soft US$35 million, but it eventually reached US$252 million, a strong rise of $716 million worldwide. The brand's friendliness and  lack of family competition help "Snow White." Snow White sued mostly from women, who made up almost 70% of the weekend's openings. This is not a Disney juggernaut," says David A. Gross, who heads the franchise's exact consulting firm. The opening is calm in accordance with Disney's historical standards. Success knows how the film supports her films, as Mufasa does recently. 


He adds: "Remember that  Disney Animation Theatre is the first of many revenue flows. "Snow White" is a merchandising gold mine, and  IP will find its place somewhere in the themed park. 


Again this weekend, Robert De Niro's R-Rated mob drama collapsed with a domestic debut at a $2.800 cinema, collapsed at a terrible $3.2 million. The Warner Bros movie failed to break the top five and landed in 6th place on the cash register card. Altonites, which cost around US$45 million, has already evolved into one of the  biggest flops of the year. 


The reviews and audience moods cannot benefit a film where De Niro is performing his double duty, as two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses. Alto Knights were added in an average of 39% class of lazy tomatoes at Cinemascore and Mieser 39%. Based on the initial sale, Altonites will be a second consecutive failure for Warner Bros. Bongjun Ho Mickey 17 is expected to lose between 750-80 million US dollars in his theatre run after a rocky box office reception.  


Another newcomer, bodybuilder drama - magazine dream, Jonathan Major stumbled over 700,000 US dollars from 800 theatres mostly. The film debuted  at Sundance in January 2023 and was subsequently promoted as a major red shot. Apprentice distributor Breelcliffe featured the film after Searchlight was separated according to the Major's high carat process. 


Elsewhere in the country's cash register card, Stephen Soderbergh's slim thriller-Black Bag, with 2,713 event locations for USD 4.4 million, was the second weekend of solidity compared to its debut. Achieved. The focus feature, which spent $50 million on "Black Bag," hopes that great reviews will help the film become word of mouth. 


Disney's Marvel Continuing Captain America: Brave New World came third  in its sixth weekend with USD 4.3 million. The superhero adventure with Anthony Mackie deserves $192 million in Germany and $408.8 million worldwide. This is the biggest Hollywood publication of the year, but it's not enough to compensate for the strong $180 million price.



Paramount's "Novocain" action comedy came fourth after  first place last weekend. So far, Novocain has generated $15.7 million and $5.3 million. Fortunately, the production cost was around US$18 million, so there is no too high a threshold for profitability. 


Snow White was a bit needed for the market, but the total cash is dark. According to comScore, the revenue behind 2024 and 39% is behind 2019. On the deck, we hope that Minecraft Film (April 4) and Marvel Thunderbolts (May 2) will bring the cinemas to life. 


"We'll sing a much more positive melody in  a few weeks," says ComScores Derrarabedian.

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Snow White’ Stirs With $16 Million Opening Day as ‘Alto Knights’ Bombs Box Office


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Disney‘s “Snow White” is the most attractive of them all on box office charts. The melodic earned $16 million over Friday and see screenings from 4,200 settings. It’s sufficient of a begin to put “Snow White,” which stars Rachel Zegler and Lady Gadot, on track to arrive inside projections for an opening end of the week north of $45 million.



That would stamp the second-biggest make a big appearance of the year behind individual Disney discharge “Captain America: Courageous Modern World.” But like that Wonder Cinematic Universe passage, “Snow White” is budgeted like a four-quadrant tentpole and needs to play like one. The Marc Webb-directed pixie story carries a enormous generation fetched north of $250 million, meaning it faces a soak climb to profitability.

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Plenty of Disney’s other family-friendly movies have legged out effective showy runs, as the digitally-rendered “Mufasa: The Lion King” did fair a few months prior. That film propelled in December with unfavorable audits and a tepid $35 million opening, but it held solid and demonstrated a worldwide draw, finishing up with more than $250 million in North America and over $700 million around the world. But at that point there’s moreover the 2019 change “Dumbo,” which took flight with $45 million and finished up at $114 million household and $353 million around the world. That was a baffling count, for a film that taken a toll much less than “Snow White” as well, at a $170 million generation budget.

“Snow White” would require to fulfill a comparative accomplishment to “Mufasa” to be considered a dramatic victory, and it doesn’t have the moviegoing free-for-all of the Christmas passage that the “Lion King” prequel profited from. Audits have been negative, in spite of the fact that the film appears to have drawn great takes note among gatherings of people. Whereas “Snow White” has gotten to be an web culture war obsession (to the point that Disney scaled back press get to at the debut), those who really bought tickets are inclining positive, with surveyor Cinema Score turning in a “B+” grade.



Meanwhile, Warner Bros. will trust to disregard around it after opening the mafia dramatization “The Alto Knights,” a wrongdoing period piece that sees Robert De Niro playing two indistinguishable (however organically disconnected) pack pioneers in Unused York. The film got whacked with a pitiful $1.17 million over Friday and sneak peaks, playing in 2,651 theaters.



Like individual Warner discharge “Mickey 17,” which fizzled in its opening fair two weeks prior, “The Alto Knights” is a star-driven, unique R-rated show from a filmmaker with grants history (here, in chief Barry Levinson). Not at all like “Mickey 17,” which can’t draw a enormous sufficient group of onlookers to legitimize its nine-digit budget, “Alto Knights” is a more measured undertaking, with a $45 million generation taken a toll. But moreover not at all like “Mickey 17,” “Alto Knights” essentially isn’t drawing much of anybody at all.



Cinema Score turned in a measured “B” review. And “Alto Knights” was met with a shrug by pundits. The wrongdoing film will be fortunate to indeed split the beat five in its make a big appearance. It’s been a extreme Walk for Warner Bros.; the studio is looking to bounce back with the video diversion adjustment “A Minecraft Movie” in two weeks.



The rest of the best five is a mush of holdovers. Center Features’ spy thriller “Black Bag” is rising to moment, in spite of the fact that anticipating a 43% drop for its moment end of the week. It’s not the amazing word-of-mouth hold that Universal’s strength name was trusting for the starry $50 million show, which will presently see to cross $14.8 million through its to begin with 10 days.



Disney’s “Captain America: Courageous Unused World” is too climbing back up, landing in third. The Wonder section earned $1.1 million on Friday and will cross a $190 million household add up to on Saturday.



Then there’s Paramount’s droll actioner “Novocaine,” falling a significant 57% in its moment excursion, anticipating a $3.8 million end of the week to hit a $15.8 million residential add up to. And Warner’s “Mickey 17” is fair underneath, winning another $1 million Friday and looking to rub past a $40 million household add up to this weekend.



Also opening, RLJE and Shiver are putting the alien-planet frightfulness highlight “Ash” in 1,163 theaters fair over a week after a debut at SXSW. Coordinated by Flying Lotus and featuring Eiza González and Aaron Paul, the thriller earned approximately $333,000 on its opening day. In the interim, Briarcliff Excitement has the long-shelved Jonathan Majors lifting weights dramatization “Magazine Dreams,” which the indie name obtained after Searchlight Pictures dropped the film taking after the actor’s 2023 ambush conviction. It too earned almost $330,000 on its opening day, playing in 815 venues.

Friday, March 21, 2025

Misericordia Movie

Misericordia (2024)

Original title: Miséricorde

2024 | 1h 44m

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director

Alain Guiraudie

Writer

Alain Guiraudie

Cast

Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Durand

Producers

Romain Blondeau

associate producer

Charles Gillibert

producer

Gian Nithardt

assistant producer

Olivier Père

co-producer

Joaquim Sapinho

co-producer

Albert Serra

co-producer

Montse Triola

co-producer

Marta Vieira Alves

co-producer (as Marta Alves)

Composer

Marc Verdaguer

Cinematographer

Claire Mathon

Editor

Jean-Christophe Hym

Production Designer

Emmanuelle Duplay

Art Director

Laurent Lunetta

Set Decorator

Coline Darley

assistant set decorator

Magazine Dreams Movie

Magazine Dreams (2023)

2023 |  R | 2h 4m

Genre: Drama

Directed by Elijah Bynum

Written by Elijah Bynum

Produced by

Jennifer Fox

Dan Gilroy

Jeffrey Soros

Simon Horsman

Luke Rogers

Cast

Jonathan Majors

Haley Bennett

Taylour Paige

Harrison Page

Harriet Sansom Harris

Mike O'Hearn

Cinematography Adam Arkapaw

Edited by Jon Otazua

Music by Jason Hill

Production

companies

Los Angeles Media Fund

JF Productions

Distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment

Release dates

January 20, 2023 (Sundance)

March 21, 2025 (United States)

Running time 124 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Locked Movie

Locked (2025)

2025 | R | 1h 35m

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Directed by David Yarovesky

Written by Michael Arlen Ross

Based on

by Mariano Cohn

Gastón Duprat

Produced by

Ara Keshishian

Petr Jákl

Zainab Azizi

Sam Raimi

Sean Patrick O'Reilly

Cast

Bill Skarsgård

Anthony Hopkins

Cinematography Michael Dallatorre

Edited by

Andrew Buckland

Peter Gvozdas

Music by Timothy Williams

Production

companies

ZQ Entertainment

Raimi Productions

Distributed by The Avenue

Release date

March 21, 2025

Country United States

Language English

The Alto Knights Movie

The Alto Knights

2025 | R | 2h

Gene: Biography, Crime, Drama, History

Directed by

Barry Levinson

Written by Nicholas Pileggi

Produced by

Irwin Winkler

Barry Levinson

Jason Sosnoff

Charles Winkler

David Winkler

Cast

Robert De Niro

Debra Messing

Cosmo Jarvis

Kathrine Narducci

Michael Rispoli

Cinematography Dante Spinotti

Edited by Douglas Crise

Music by David Fleming

Production

companies

Winkler Films

Domain Entertainment

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date

March 21, 2025

Running time 123 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Budget $45 million

Snow White Movie

Snow White (2025)

2025 | PG | 1h 49m

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance

Directed by

Marc Webb

Screenplay by

Erin Cressida Wilson

Based on

Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

"Snow White"

by the Brothers Grimm

Produced by

Marc Platt

Jared LeBoff

Cast

Rachel Zegler

Andrew Burnap

Gal Gadot

Cinematography Mandy Walker

Edited by

Mark Sanger

Sarah Broshar

Music by

Jeff Morrow (score)

Larry Morey and Frank Churchill (songs)

Pasek and Paul (new songs)

Production

companies

Walt Disney Pictures

Marc Platt Productions

Distributed by Walt Disney Studios

Motion Pictures

Release dates

March 12, 2025 (Alcázar of Segovia)

March 21, 2025 (United States)

Running time 109 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Budget $250–270 million