Kyle Hagee

Yeah. Something to watch going forward. Let's move on to our next story. The new Disney remake of Snow White comes out today and it's, So here's the details, Neil. First, just some bad luck. COVID cases flare up in London just as production gets underway, forcing Disney to increase safety protocols, which starts to bloat the budget. Then one of the sets catches fire and has to be redone.

and the 2023 actor strike and complication from Gal Gadot, who plays the evil queen. Her pregnancy forced Disney to halt reshoots, do visual effects over again. Then, just on top of bad luck, people think Disney made a lot of unforced errors during the production of this movie. The star of the movie, Rachel Zegler, made some comments that

and the 2023 actor strike and complication from Gal Gadot, who plays the evil queen. Her pregnancy forced Disney to halt reshoots, do visual effects over again. Then, just on top of bad luck, people think Disney made a lot of unforced errors during the production of this movie. The star of the movie, Rachel Zegler, made some comments that

and the 2023 actor strike and complication from Gal Gadot, who plays the evil queen. Her pregnancy forced Disney to halt reshoots, do visual effects over again. Then, just on top of bad luck, people think Disney made a lot of unforced errors during the production of this movie. The star of the movie, Rachel Zegler, made some comments that

People implied throwing shade at the OG Snow White movie, so some fans were put off by those. In addition, many thought Disney flubbed this response to some leaked images that came out from the movie, which had people concerned that they actually just scrubbed the dwarves entirely from the movie.

People implied throwing shade at the OG Snow White movie, so some fans were put off by those. In addition, many thought Disney flubbed this response to some leaked images that came out from the movie, which had people concerned that they actually just scrubbed the dwarves entirely from the movie.

People implied throwing shade at the OG Snow White movie, so some fans were put off by those. In addition, many thought Disney flubbed this response to some leaked images that came out from the movie, which had people concerned that they actually just scrubbed the dwarves entirely from the movie.

On the other hand, stars like Peter Dinklage felt like the movie was perpetuating negative stereotypes. These unforced errors, I think, highlight the difficult cultural landscape Disney has tried to navigate over the years making this movie, seemingly angering people no matter what they did.

On the other hand, stars like Peter Dinklage felt like the movie was perpetuating negative stereotypes. These unforced errors, I think, highlight the difficult cultural landscape Disney has tried to navigate over the years making this movie, seemingly angering people no matter what they did.

On the other hand, stars like Peter Dinklage felt like the movie was perpetuating negative stereotypes. These unforced errors, I think, highlight the difficult cultural landscape Disney has tried to navigate over the years making this movie, seemingly angering people no matter what they did.

The whole rollout could be summarized by the trailer stats, which have passed over 1.5 million dislikes on YouTube. Neil, is this actually a big deal, or is this movie going to be just fine?

The whole rollout could be summarized by the trailer stats, which have passed over 1.5 million dislikes on YouTube. Neil, is this actually a big deal, or is this movie going to be just fine?

The whole rollout could be summarized by the trailer stats, which have passed over 1.5 million dislikes on YouTube. Neil, is this actually a big deal, or is this movie going to be just fine?

Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head, and there was actually these rumors that they might kick it to streaming, like, oh, this is not going to perform well, let's just put it on Disney+. The budget had risen to $270 million, and Disney would have had to absorb those costs, and Disney has made this whole point of making their streaming much more profitable.

Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head, and there was actually these rumors that they might kick it to streaming, like, oh, this is not going to perform well, let's just put it on Disney+. The budget had risen to $270 million, and Disney would have had to absorb those costs, and Disney has made this whole point of making their streaming much more profitable.

Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head, and there was actually these rumors that they might kick it to streaming, like, oh, this is not going to perform well, let's just put it on Disney+. The budget had risen to $270 million, and Disney would have had to absorb those costs, and Disney has made this whole point of making their streaming much more profitable.

So to the big screen, it's going to go, based on ticket pre-sales and some surveys of moviegoers, Snow White, it's expected to collect between $45 million and $50 million at domestic theaters over the weekend, again, according to box office analysts. And so that's a decent number.

So to the big screen, it's going to go, based on ticket pre-sales and some surveys of moviegoers, Snow White, it's expected to collect between $45 million and $50 million at domestic theaters over the weekend, again, according to box office analysts. And so that's a decent number.

So to the big screen, it's going to go, based on ticket pre-sales and some surveys of moviegoers, Snow White, it's expected to collect between $45 million and $50 million at domestic theaters over the weekend, again, according to box office analysts. And so that's a decent number.

But in the 15 years that the company has been producing them, none of these like big budget entries have exclusively arrived in theaters to less than $58 million. So this would actually be kind of a down round for Disney if it does hit those numbers as projected.