SHOCK: ‘Snow White’ Plummets Nearly 70 Percent in Week Two

Disney had one realistic hope for its “Snow White” adaptation to defy critics.

Legs.

That’s the term for a movie that, while not an instant success, legs out a respectable box office performance over time. The greatest example in recent memory? The 2017 musical “The Greatest Showman.” The film opened to an alarming $8.8 million before amassing an astounding $174 million stateside.

Word of mouth did its job.

The same isn’t happening for “Snow White.” The film opened to a shocking $42 million last weekend, the worst showing for a Disney live-action film.

This weekend? The far-Left Deadline projects the film to drop 68 percent. That means Week 2 could yield a $13.7 million haul.

Snow White‘s drop is steeper than Dumbo‘s second frame (-60 percent), and makes Maleficent: Mistress of Evil‘s second weekend look rich at a -48 percent decline ($19.4M second weekend).

The Mouse House movie might even lose to newcomer “A Working Man,” the latest Jason Statham action romp.

That film, co-written by Sylvester Stallone and based on the Levon Cade series by author Chuck Dixon, could pull off an upset.

The “Snow White” news is even worse upon inspection. The Statham film didn’t steal the kid-friendly audience from Disney. Nor did fellow newcomer, “Death of a Unicorn,” a quirky, R-rated horror comedy.

“Snow White” had the PG-rated field to itself. It still massively underperformed.

Meanwhile, “The Chosen” phenomena rolled on this weekend. “The Chosen: Last Supper Part 1” earned a solid $5.1 million from under 3K screens.

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