‘The Little Mermaid’ Reels In $95 Million 3-Day Box Office Opening But is Sinking Overseas
28.05.2023 - 16:35
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Rotten Tomatoes. Those are the scores this remake will need to keep legging out against a crowded June slate that starts next weekend with “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” But here comes the bad news: “The Little Mermaid” has posted an international opening of just $68 million from 51 markets.
Not only is that down 44% from the $121 million international opening of “Aladdin,” but it’s even less than the $87 million earned this weekend by Universal’s “Fast X.” Mexico is the top international market with $8.5 million while markets like Korea, China and Germany all reported less than $3 million each. Considering how “Aladdin” was able to perform well worldwide and reach $1 billion, “Little Mermaid” is looking like it will fall well short of the high market set for it by other remakes of films from the Disney Renaissance.
Depending on how June’s box office plays out may even have to rely on merchandising and other ancillaries to make a big chunk of its profit against its $250 million production budget. In second on the charts is “Fast X,” which is already showing signs of being low on fuel.
The “Fast & Furious” film is taking a very steep 66% fall from its $67 million opening weekend to $23 million, with a 4-day total of $28.6 million. That gives the film a two-weekend domestic estimate of $116 million, 7% behind the pace of “F9,” which came out in late June and had the Fourth of July holiday fall on its second weekend during the pandemic reopening period.
As noted, the overseas hold for “Fast X” is better than the opening weekend of “Little Mermaid,” but the film still fell 58% in all markets with $87.2 million grossed this weekend. The biggest hit was China, once a vital market for “Fast & Furious,” but has fallen
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