![]() Aladdin posted a second weekend of $44.9M, -53%, and ended its domestic run at $355.5M. Hence, the second weekend hold for Little Mermaid looks to be around around $40M, -58%. However, that movie is largely a fanboy draw, and not expected to crimp Little Mermaid‘s fins. This weekend, Little Mermaid encounters competition from Sony Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which is expected to do $80M-$90M in U.S./Canada. The pic’s revenues broken down include $267M in global theatrical film rentals, $100M net in domestic pay/free TV and what Disney pays itself to put the movie on Disney+, $100M in global home entertainment (DVD, digital), and $80M in international TV and streaming. In a break-even scenario off a $560M global box office (meaning a net profit of $71M before participations and residuals are accounted for), we’re told that Little Mermaid‘s global film revenues would amount to $547M against its combined production, global theatrical and home entertainment marketing expenses of $476M. Hopeful box office sources maintain that the pic’s opening in Japan, as well as buoyant results in Mexico ($8.5M), UK ($6.3M), Italy ($4.7M), Brazil ($4M) and Australia ($4M), will get The Little Mermaid to a final tally of $260M overseas. Korea, China, France, Germany) over the casting of star Halle Bailey in the title role as well as review-bombing. Typically Disney titles seeing 50/50 splits between domestic and international box office are movies such as 2018’s Christopher Robin and 2016’s Pete’s Dragon.Īgain, the slowdown with Little Mermaid, despite a strong start stateside of $118.8M over the 4-day Memorial Day holiday (ahead of Aladdin‘s $116.8M) and a running total through yesterday of $130.2M, stems from the backlash the pic has received in certain offshore markets (i.e. ![]() Typically a tentpole sees 60% of its global box office total (or more) coming from overseas. Should Little Mermaid break even, it would be a rare feat for a tentpole to do so on the back of its domestic box office. RELATED: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Cast Take A Deep Dive On Remake Changes, Challenges And What Makes The Perfect Disney Royalty titles in the PRC, some believe that the Rob Marshall-directed musical may not even get to a double digit final gross there. Little Mermaid‘s China ticket sales were non-existent with a $2.5M start. This is a limitation of the account itself, with read. That Will Smith pic cleared $1.05 billion worldwide, 66% of that gross generated abroad which also counted $53.4M from China. Standard Gmail accounts (such as those created for free) aren’t able to send or receive read receipts using built-in methods. Little Mermaid‘s ebb tide at the box office is extreme when juxtaposed against the high water mark seen from the last Memorial Day Disney live action feature adaptation of a toon, Aladdin, back in 2019.
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