Disney suffered a major setback with its latest live-action adaptation of its princess Snow White. The production wasn't just a box-office disaster. Indeed, the film was also an environmental disaster. The carbon footprint of filming exploded.
With Snow White, Disney records a catastrophic carbon footprint
If when we say Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs we imagine the Disney princess in communion with the animals of the forest and in harmony with nature, in reality, this is not at all the case. We will not dwell on the fact that the company with the big ears failed to attract spectators to the theaters. The film was a resounding box office failure for Disney. As a result, the studio made a radical decision: to suspend the development of Tangled in live-action. But after this disappointment from an economic point of view, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is still being talked about for its catastrophic carbon footprint during its filming.
As The Guardian reports, the filming of Disney's latest live-action film generated a significant carbon footprint. We learned that the production that took place in the United Kingdom produced 3,153 tons of CO2. For your information, the average carbon emissions for filming a movie are 2,600 to 2,800 tons of CO2. Disney therefore exceeded this average by 62% for Snow White. Worse, the live-action film featuring the Disney princess generated more greenhouse gases than Fast & Furious 9 in which the fuel-guzzling big cars are at the heart of the film.
If we add the carbon emissions of this production to those of The Little Mermaid (5127 tons of CO2), Disney studios generated more than the British airports of Birmingham and Luton emit in a year.
What are the sources of CO2 emissions in cinema and which are the least eco-friendly productions?
Mainly, the sources of CO2 emissions come from the fuel used for generators as well as for vehicles but also the consumption of electricity on sets and air travel to get to the filming locations. Other factors may come into play, such as the use of special effects or the construction of temporary sets. Marvel's Avengers: Endgame, released in 2019, is one of the least environmentally friendly productions due to its colossal logistics and numerous filming locations. Its emissions are estimated to be over 3,000 tons of CO2. Finally, James Bond doesn't think too much about the environment, as No Time To Die had a huge carbon footprint due to filming on different continents and stunts. But its exact figures have not been published.
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