The Little Mermaid—which also stars Javier Bardem, Daveed Diggs, and Awkwafina—is also among 2023's top ten films worldwide to date, earning $570 million at the global box office.
In the case of The Little Mermaid, Disney's $284.8 million share of the box office left it with a $44.6 million profit after deducting its $240.2 million net spending.
Yes, The Little Mermaid is the fifth highest-grossing film of summer 2023 behind Barbie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Oppenheimer, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Yet it did gross $569 million worldwide, but it also cost $200 million.
The reported box office result of The Little Mermaid 2023 remake is about $560 million. On paper, these numbers look good. The film grossed over $298 million domestically and more than $263 million internationally.
How much did Halle Bailey get paid for The Little Mermaid?
It's believed that Bailey made about $1.5 million for her role as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, but that number could increase depending on how well the film performs opening weekend and beyond.
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Has Disney lost $900 million?
According to box office analyst Valliant Renegade, Walt Disney Co. has lost nearly $900 million following its last eight studio releases, including box office flops like LIGHTYEAR and STRANGE WORLD.
He says they were looking for the best actor for the role of any ethnicity who could not only sing but convey traits such as strength, passion, beauty, joy and intelligence, which they found in Bailey.
The film has reportedly made only $ 3.6 million in China since its release on May 26. The lackluster response at the box office is being attributed to racist critiques in some quarters which have raised questions about the casting of black actress Halle Bailey in the lead role of Ariel.
How long did The Little Mermaid take to make 2023?
The movie comes to theatres on Friday, May 26, but the release has been years in the making. "Oh, gosh, it felt like we had four babies. It took four years, four and a half years. It was such a sense of relief, accomplishment, joy, pride," said Rob Marshall, the director and producer of "The Little Mermaid."
The movie—which was directed by Rob Marshall and opened over Memorial Day weekend to $118.6 million in North America—was one of the top five highest-grossing films of the summer domestically with nearly $300 million.
Actress Noma Dumezweni is a confirmed cast member of the 2023 live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, but the part she will be playing remains a mystery. All that has been revealed is that her character is new to the remake and wasn't part of the original 1989 animated film.
The back and forth between Sebastian and Scuttle was hilarious and well written. Melissa McCarthy was a fantastic Ursula and how she was depicted was perfect, especially at the very end. Overall, this is one of the best Disney live action remakes. I would score this a strong 8-8.5/10 and strongly recommend it.
With this in mind Disney own the rights to their fairy tale derivative of the story. Disney do not however own the rights to the original Andersen story. Others are still free to use that work and create their own material/adaptations based on that.
The Disney adaptation makes many changes to Hans Christian Andersen's original fairytale, but Ariel's age is consistent as she's depicted as a teenager in the original tale too. The decision to fix Ariel's age at 16 years old was also likely to appeal to the target audience of Disney's version of The Little Mermaid.
The film was the tenth-most-successful direct-to-video release of 2000, with retail revenues of $121 million. The film sold 6 million VHS and DVD units in 2000.
The VHS cover received backlash because the spires on King Triton's castle contained phallic imagery. With the castle being the center of the image, it did not take long for audiences to call Disney out for the phallus and the VHS cover was recalled and replaced.
What happened to Chloe Grace Moretz Little Mermaid?
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, actress Chloe Grace Moretz has revealed that she has pulled out of the film, along with all of her upcoming projects, as she looks to take a break from acting and focus instead on producing.
It wasn't 'banned' per se, it was recalled. The original artwork contained a phallic-looking spire on a castle in the background. By all accounts, the resemblance was unintentional and NOT a joke slipped in by the artist. In any case, the cover was recalled by Disney and a new one was issued.
Since the animated feature film had a white mermaid as Ariel, some people are angry that Disney has gone with a black actress in the live-action. Some people also believe that Hans Christian Andersen described the Little mermaid as a white mermaid in his book. Therefore, Disney should have cast a white actress instead.
In the 1989 movie, Ariel was born in the fictional underwater kingdom of Atlantica, which technically makes her Atlantican, not Danish. As Ariel is half fish, she cannot be categorized by our ethnicities and races.
Total debt on the balance sheet as of September 2023 : $46.43 B. According to Walt Disney's latest financial reports the company's total debt is $46.43 B. A company's total debt is the sum of all current and non-current debts.
The Walt Disney Company is a massive corporate enterprise and media empire. ESPN, ABC, Lifetime, History, A&E, and FX are owned by Disney. Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm are both Disney-owned, as well.
Disney World's crowds are getting smaller, signaling that the high entry costs to the theme park as well as competition from other destinations may be taking a toll on attendance, Wall Street Journal reporter Jacob Passy told CBS News.
