Disney looking at a $200mill LOSS on Little Mermaid BOMB

[ItsSway]

7 minutes ago, X_M said:

And Poseidon is Caribbean too? Mess 

Gurl, Disney already confirmed the Caribbean setting. But pop off i guess

 

[rik]

23 minutes ago, X_M said:

And Poseidon is Caribbean too? Mess 

Isnt belle supposed to be French? 

[PlatinumB]

But Halle was so magical in this role! It's so sad to hear this BOMBED!  Maybe streaming will really help this film.

[bitbitboi]

It is not a good remake, it's a FANTASTIC remake! It's gorgeous, very well done, and with so much love. I'm a fan of the original, it's my favorite movie EVER (animated or not, period). I've seen the original a bazillion times. I could make essays on it, any topic on it. This IS an excellent remake, done carefully, with so much work, and respect. I'm tired of people talking so bad about it, they either absolutely hate or absolutely love it, so there's something particularly weird about all of this... It's been years since I've seen a popular product to cause so much controversy and division. I really do thing that the racial element is crucial, otherwise there wouldn't be so many problems and people so personally invested on it. But the film itself? It's amazing.

Edited June 7, 2023 by bitbitboi

[lane j.]

Disney already has billions in the bank, so cry me a river.  

 

[fedored]

Again, I would refrain from using a notoriously right-wing bent publication as your source. This move is/was nowhere near a bomb. Via Deadline (a publication that actually knows what it's talking about): 

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Again, 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. Korea, China, France, Germany) over the casting of star Halle Bailey in the title role as well as review-bombing. 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.

 

[ObsessedBritFan1]

I don't get how it would cost 250 million dollars. Most of it was shot in CGI lol 

Maybe the surface scenes, but even that couldn't cost much for set that looked fairly basic imo

[fedored]

37 minutes ago, ObsessedBritFan1 said:

I don't get how it would cost 250 million dollars. Most of it was shot in CGI lol 

Maybe the surface scenes, but even that couldn't cost much for set that looked fairly basic imo

Just her hair cost $150,000.

[kevin.]

not surprising it looks lifeless

the original is near perfect and not something that can ever be improved upon

[KrisJ]

2 hours ago, fedored said:

Again, I would refrain from using a notoriously right-wing bent publication as your source. This move is/was nowhere near a bomb. Via Deadline (a publication that actually knows what it's talking about): 

 

I mean…it definitely will not be making anywhere near what Disney want. I also don’t know what’s right or left wing, I just saw this article on box office Reddit forums and posts and it’s well known Mermaid is definitely flopping majorly overseas and Disney is losing out on this movie. Maybe then not $200 mill but they won’t be smashing on it 

[bitbitboi]

The Little Mermaid

WWW.BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM

There you've got lots of numbers, even per country.

[bitbitboi]

This was not an easy movie to make, and remember that there was a pandemic in the middle. I heard Rob Marshall say in an interview that it took 4 and a half years in total to make. I've read that it cost around 250 + around 100 to promote (promotion has been super aggressive, that's for sure). The problem here has been the international box office... The number overseas are really unusual for such a movie TANK.

[bitbitboi]

Also, it looks amazing, wtf have you guy watched?! 

[doomphantom1]

7 hours ago, The Greatest Show said:

No its because they **** up the remakes. They ruined the Jungle book by leaving out the music.

They ruined Beauty and the beast by casting an actress that cant sing and by making cute or fun characters look weird

They ruined the lion king by making it to realistic and not fun enough. I know they are going for realism but the lions have ZERO emotions on their face. Its TALKING LIONS why not make it kind of like a realism - cartoon mix? Also the new music sucks. 

they ruined mulan by taking out the best character Mushu, taking away Mulans hard work and intelligence and making her magic instead and also by taking out the epic music. 

Even without the casting  they changed song lyrics and the storyline to make it more woke.  +They made it look dull and gloomy.  It would have been hated either way. 

Look at what it looks like vs what it could have been (i think this one is too bright but im sure you get my point)

its the small things.. they could have easily given her bright red hair isntead of whatever it is her haircolor is in that movie? Dirty ginger? Idk. Like everyone said. She is a mermaid. Her having bright red hair doesnt have to be realistic.

then look at her disgusting friends... they are cute in the cartoon. And the same problem as the Lion King. Lack of fun expressions. 

I think people are just sick and tired of Disney ruining things we loved in our childhood. 

 

Aren't they doing these remakes because their copyrights are up in a few years?  Anyway, I wholeheartedly agree that the remakes have none of the original magic.  I also stopped watching Disney in 2003.  I felt they were falling off their magical bandwagon.

[jordeezy river red]

4 hours ago, ObsessedBritFan1 said:

I don't get how it would cost 250 million dollars. Most of it was shot in CGI lol 

Maybe the surface scenes, but even that couldn't cost much for set that looked fairly basic imo

Exactly. This is def a money scheme to dodge taxes. Allegedly, of course. 

 

Edited June 8, 2023 by jordeezyIZkarma

[Itscuzim31]

Funny how the dude from Aladdin called this weeks ago and the public backlash made him delete his social media because he was “bitter and racist”…

 

[lane j.]

I might not even watch this lol. 

[LizeS_]

It serves them well for not hiring Zendaya

[Body ache]

14 hours ago, everybodygoesdown said:

Honestly, I went to see it opening day and I was so disappointed they axed the entire scene with the cook and the crab in the kitchen. SO disappointing.

 

 

The director said that it was too silly to include this.

The movie was just not good. It felt like its own mermaid movie that pasted bits from the original. It felt choppy and now I get why the first reviewers felt that it was not cohesive.

[nux1989]

11 hours ago, Rik vs Exhale said:

also, we still should consider that this movie is once again, the #1 movie in the world lol. And instead of the people in this thread saying that perhaps Disney shouldn’t be hiring a person of colour to take on some traditionally animated white role, maybe ask yourselves why so many around the world have a universal resistance to blackness lol. It isn’t because it’s justified, it’s because it’s anti black lol. That might answer so many peoples questions here about why the film “bombed” compared to other Disney remakes internationally

Part yes and part no.
Yes, the racism exist. Film with poc leading didn't do that well internationally.
But larger propotion of backlash was because it's a live action adaption of a well-known animated film.
It's not just based on the same tale of the 1989 film. It's an almost frame to frame remake.
And when it comes to remake, people want to see it be as close to the original as possible.

Backlashes of the film start when they announce the role was given to Halle. (the #NotMyAriel fiasca we know)
And it got worse when Disney deem all the criticism as racism.
The response was deem arrogant and bias, people even launch boycott campaigns in response to it.