Disney’s live-action Snow White remake continues to face relentless criticism, and its latest teaser trailer, released over the weekend, has only fueled the fire. The newest teaser earned 1.7 million views but was met with overwhelming negativity, garnering only 5,300 likes compared to a staggering 81,000 Snow White dislikes. This trend of massive dislike ratios has plagued every piece of promotional material for the film, signaling a potential box office catastrophe when it hits theaters on March 21, 2025.
The like to dislike ratio on the latest Snow White trailer as of February 17, 2025 – YouTube, Disney
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From the start, Snow White has been fighting an uphill battle, and the growing tally of dislikes is proof of the audience’s disapproval. The first teaser trailer, released in mid-2024, remains the most visible with 11 million views. However, its 101,000 likes are dwarfed by an astonishing 1.5 million dislikes. The official trailer, which debuted in December, has racked up 9.3 million views but is weighed down by 1.2 million dislikes against just 44,000 likes. Even the special sneak peek featuring Rachel Zegler’s performance of “Waiting on a Wish” has become a symbol of the film’s failure, amassing 396,000 views, 5,300 likes, and a crushing 50,000 dislikes.
The avalanche of Snow White dislikes stems from a perfect storm of creative missteps, controversial casting choices, and the polarizing behavior of lead actress Rachel Zegler.
Zegler’s dismissive comments about the beloved 1937 animated classic—calling it outdated and misogynistic—immediately alienated Disney’s core fanbase. Her political outbursts, including inflammatory remarks about Donald Trump and his supporters, fueled the fire. Zegler’s infamous declaration, “May Trump and his supporters never know peace,” sparked widespread outrage, forcing her to issue an apology that many viewed as insincere.
Rachel Zegler via Good Morning America YouTube
This pattern of alienation has made Zegler a lightning rod for criticism, contributing heavily to the wave of dislikes across social media platforms.
Disney’s handling of the Seven Dwarfs has also drawn widespread criticism. Initially, the studio planned to cast actors with dwarfism in the iconic roles. However, Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage, who has dwarfism himself, condemned the decision as offensive and outdated. This caused widespread outrage from the dwarf acting community who viewed this as Dinklage, who racks up just about every major Hollywood role for a little person, kicking the ladder down behind him.
In response to Dinklage’s outrage, Disney scrapped the original plan and cast seven diverse actors, only one of whom was a little person. When leaked set photos of this new cast surfaced, fans erupted in backlash, accusing Disney of virtue signaling and erasing opportunities for actors with dwarfism. Bowing to pressure once again, Disney replaced the live-action cast with CGI dwarfs—a move that has been widely ridiculed for its poor visual quality and lack of charm, further fueling the avalanche of Snow White dislikes.
Peter Dinklage via The Graham Norton Show YouTube
Behind the scenes, Snow White has faced a chaotic production process, with multiple reshoots ballooning its budget to a reported $300 million. This astronomical cost means the film must perform exceptionally well at the box office to be profitable—an increasingly unlikely scenario given the growing wave of dislikes and audience apathy.
Box office projections are already sounding the alarm. Industry tracker Quorum forecasts a domestic opening weekend of $63-$70 million, with some estimates landing around $65 million.
While this would mark the highest domestic opening of Zegler’s career—surpassing her $44.6 million debut in The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes—it pales in comparison to Disney’s past live-action hits. Films like The Lion King (2019) and Beauty and the Beast (2017) opened to $191.77 million and $174.7 million, respectively, both going on to surpass $1 billion worldwide. Even The Little Mermaid (2023), which opened to $95.6 million domestically and was considered a financial disappointment, grossed $569.6 million globally. The current outlook suggests Snow White won’t even reach that benchmark.
Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Snow White (2025), Walt Disney Studios
While some optimists point to Maleficent (2014) as a hopeful comparison, its $69.4 million opening and $758.5 million worldwide gross were bolstered by Angelina Jolie’s star power—something Snow White severely lacks with the controversial Zegler at the helm. Adding to the concern is Zegler’s recent box office flop, Y2K, which grossed a mere $4.2 million. With Zegler’s reputation tarnished and the film already drowning in dislikes, Disney’s latest remake appears destined for disaster.
As the release date approaches, the onslaught of Snow White dislikes shows no sign of slowing down. Each new trailer is met with harsher criticism and growing disinterest, making it clear that Disney’s Snow White could be headed for one of the most catastrophic box office flops in the studio’s history.
How do you feel about this latest wave of Snow White dislikes? Sound off in the comments below and let us know!
With a cast like Wish, featuring the most evil main character Asha and the wise king King Magnifico who has left his name in history, Snow White is likely to do surprisingly well at the box office in Japan.
In fact, if you look at the dubbing voice actress, they won’t push Rachel Zegler, who is virtually unknown in Japan, to the forefront, and it’s highly likely that her problematic remarks haven’t spread widely, so I predict the initial sales may be pretty good.
As I was writing this, I thought about it, but if you think of this Snow White as a live-action version of Wish, you might enjoy it.
Wish has a good lesson to it: the woke will make ridiculous and unreasonable demands, and if you keep trying to appease them, you’ll eventually break, and they won’t even feel sorry for you and will treat you like a monster, even your own wife if she’s woke.
The better solution is never to compromise with them in any way.
I see the tendency of dislikes going down, which i am 100% sure Disney is misreading, there is not as many dislikes as first trailer because people are done with It, absolute desinterest, just a few haters going back to see if Chat music gets a new vídeo, this should scare anyone promoting a product, and i am sure Disney believe people are liking It more lmao
People don’t even bother going to the video to keep downvoting it. When you already know it’s garbage, your average normie isn’t going to click just to downvote.
The shill critics will be terrified to praise this movie. Even the woke Disney suck-ups fear total mockery. Marketing this movie is harder than Chinese algebra.
Some praise Gal Gadot, but, they’re just virtue signalling because she looks ethnic. She has no charisma, nor talent. She’s just there. And she will put off the woke-activist audience too, whilst being another DEI actress.
So it always is with Marxists. Making fun of Adolf was considered treason.
Yes. Hitler wrote, “I am a socialist (Mein Kampf) and he was, and was at all times, a socialist. Anyone who says otherwise relies on rewritten history, and weak arguments else, like arbitrary “definitions”.
Even “**z*” translates to National Socialist.
There’s not one “star” in this movie I even care about. Dinklage lost whatever sliver of respect I might have had over his gatekeeping, Gadot I’m noncommittal about, and Zegler? She embodies the worst stereotypes of an affluent liberal woman: hypocritical, self-righteous, blind to her own actions’ consequences, and a total Karen.
This is going to murder all their careers. Just watch.
Gadot is another DEI hire.
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