‘A Working Man’ Beats ‘Snow White’ With $15M Opening
The dismal performance of Snow White in its second weekend is bad news for Disney, making the live-action a bomb after falling off a steep 66 percent.

David Ayer’s blue-collar drama A Working Man beat Snow White, with a domestic opening of $15.2 million from 3,262 theaters.
Snow White took in $14.2 million from 4,200 locations, a steep decline of 66 percent as the live-action update continues be dogged by negative reviews, poor word-of-mouth and controversial headlines over its titular star, Rachel Zegler.
The film’s domestic tally throughout Sunday is a muted $66.8 million domestically and $143.1 million globally.
However, Disney isn’t waving the white flag of defeat, and says its movie could still avoid biting the poison apple because of rolling spring breaks over the next few weeks and little competition in terms of films targeting girls and females. (Next week’s A Minecraft Movie is expected to skew male.)
But the film’s dismal performance in its second weekend is more bad news for Disney and puts Snow White in official bomb territory, considering it cost roughly $370 million to market and produce.
Working Man‘s victory comes at a juncture for Amazon MGM Studios, which late last week saw the ouster of studio head Jennifer Salke.
The unit embarks on ambitious journey to become a major Hollywood studio with global distribution powers after acquiring rights to the James Bond franchise.
Salkes exit is on the eve of CinemaCon, where Amazon MGM will be present for the first time.
Ayer directed the well-reviewed Working Man from a script he wrote with Sylvester Stallone.
The R-rated film, based on the novel Levon’s Trade by Chuck Dixon, stars Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Merab Ninidze, Maximilian Osinski, Cokey Falkow, Michael Peña and David Harbour.
The story follows a black ops vet (Statham) who left behind a decorated military career to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss’ daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
Fathom’s latest big-screen showing of The Chosen series, The Last Supper (Part One) placed third with a pleasing $11.5 million from 2,234 theaters.
Universal and Blumhouse’s horror entry The Woman in the Yard opened in fourth place with a sturdy $9.5 million from 3,050 theaters. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Danielle Deadwyler, the film revolves around a family that becomes rattled by a mysterious stranger who shows up at their isolated farm
A24’s Death of a Unicorn rounded out the top five with a $5.6 million from 2,842 cinemas. The horror pic stars Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd.
Hollywood and theater owners are facing a year-over-year deficit of 11 percent in domestic box office revenue.
The gap, attributed to the lingering impact of the pandemic and strikes, is sure to be a main topic of conversation in CinemaCon this week.