‘Little Mermaid’s Loss Of Scales At Overseas Box Office Leaves Break-even In Question

In a rare situation for a Disney tentpole, particularly a live action title based on a treasured classic animated musical, LittleMermaid looks to shore up more at the domestic box office ultimately than overseas, $300M-$350M U.S./Canada to $260M abroad

, despite a strong start stateside of $118.8M over the 4-day Memorial Day holiday and a running total through yesterday of $130.2M, stems from the backlash the pic has received in certain offshore markets over the casting of star Halle Bailey in the title role

. Hope resides from box office sources that the pic’s opening in Japan, as well as buoyant results in Mexico , UK , Italy , Brazil and Australia , will getIn a break-even scenario off a $560M global box office , we’re told that‘s global film revenues would amount to $547M against its combined production, global theatrical and home entertainment marketing expenses of $476M.

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