Jason Statham’s ’A Working Man’ upsets ‘Snow White’ to take No. 1 at the box office

Jason Statham's A Working Man surprises with a No. 1 box office debut, outshining the rapidly declining Snow White

In an unexpected upset, the Jason Statham thriller A Working Man took No. 1 at the box office, besting the rapidly declining Snow White, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Even after a lacklustre debut, the Walt Disney Co.’s live-action remake was predicted to remain the top film in US and Canadian theatres over the weekend. Instead, Snow White, plagued by bad buzz and backlash, nosedived in its second weekend and dropped 66%.

At the same time, Amazon MGM Studios’ A Working Man, directed by David Ayer, beat expectations with a $15.2 million debut. Co-written by Sylvester Stallone, A Working Man reteams Statham and Ayer following last year’s successful The Beekeeper($162 million worldwide). This time around, Statham plays a construction worker with an elite military past.

While reviews have been mixed and audiences only gave A Working Man a “B” CinemaScore, showing Statham has carved out something rare in the movie industry today: bankability. A Working Man opened similarly to The Beekeeper, which launched with $16.5 million.

The bigger headline, though, might have been the fast erosion of ticket buyers’ appetite for Snow White. The film, directed by Marc Webb and starring Rachel Zegler, had been hoped to lift movie theatres after a painful start to 2025. Produced for more $250 million, the film has turned into a poisoned apple, with a two-week global haul of $143.1 million.

Next weekend, Warner Bros.’ A Minecraft Movie, is expected to win the weekend and will, like Snow White, target family audiences.

A trio of newcomers – A24’s Death of a Unicorn, Universal and Blumhouse’s The Woman in the Yard, and the Fathom’s Chosen: The Last Supper – also opened over the weekend, though none made a big impact.