<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $396.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Snow White and the Huntsman is a 2012 American fantasy film based on the German fairy tale "Snow White" compiled by the Brothers Grimm . The film is the directorial debut of Rupert Sanders . The screenplay was written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, and Hossein Amini, from a screen story by Daugherty . In the film's retelling of the tale, Snow White grows up imprisoned by her evil stepmother, Queen Ravenna, a powerful sorceress . After Snow White escapes into the forest, Ravenna tells Eric, the Huntsman that she will bring back his dead wife if he captures Snow White . </P> <P> The cast includes Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna, Chris Hemsworth as Eric, the huntsman, Sam Claflin as William, Snow White's childhood friend, and Bob Hoskins as the dwarf seer in his final film appearances . The film received two Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design at the 85th Academy Awards . It was a success at the box office, earning $396.6 million worldwide against a $170 million budget . Although critics praised the production design, visual effects, Theron and Hemsworth's performances, musical score, and action sequences; Stewart and Claflin's performances received mixed reviews, and the screenplay was heavily criticized . </P> <P> A prequel / sequel, titled The Huntsman: Winter's War, directed by the first film's visual effects supervisor Cedric Nicolas - Troyan, was released on April 22, 2016, with Stewart (only through the use of archive footage), Hemsworth, Theron, Claflin, and Nick Frost reprising their roles . </P>

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