Armageddon and Deep Impact, Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down, Friends with Benefits and No Strings Attached. These are only three examples of two movies with broadly similar themes being released in the same year. Among the most recent instances of this happening was in 2012, when two wildly different visions of the Snow White fable — Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman — were released to roughly the same critical response in theaters. A couple of weeks ago, Disney unveiled its mega-budget live-action remake of Snow White to muted audience response and mediocre reviews. The movie also attracted a massive controversy following political comments made by its lead, Rachel Zegler. But despite the noise, Snow White has now overtaken Mirror Mirror’s entire domestic run.
