‘The Little Mermaid’ Global Box Office Swims Toward Major Milestone
While overall business dipped this weekend because of a handful of under-performers, one movie quietly notched another win at the global box office. After exactly a month in theaters, Disney’s The Little Mermaid remake is passing the $500 million mark worldwide as we speak.
A remake of the original 1989 animated film, The Little Mermaid has grossed $270 million domestically, and another $229 million from overseas territories, for a running global haul of $499.3 million. The movie will pass the $500 million mark worldwide today and is projected to conclude its global run with around $525 million. Whether this is enough to put the project in the black is up for debate, considering the mammoth $250 million that it reportedly cost to produce .
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT But is a break-even finish good enough for Disney at this point? The studio perhaps overestimated the film’s potential on the global stage after its last major live-action remake, Aladdin, ended up grossing over $1 billion worldwide. But The Little Mermaid brand was never quite as popular as Aladdin, which also had the added benefit of featuring a true-blue movie star — Will Smith — whose face could be plastered on all the marketing.
The Little Mermaid stars newcomer Halle Bailey, who received acclaim for her performance even as critics and audiences complained about the changes that director Rob Marshall made to the original animated film’s story. The movie also features Melissa McCarthy as the villainous Ursula and Jonah Hauer-King as Eric. You can watch our interview with the two young leads here, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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