All of the headlines suggest The Little Mermaid is a huge hit, but this isn’t remotely true.
The 2019 Lion King remake made $191 million domestic on opening weekend.
The TLM remake made $118 million domestic on opening weekend.
The Lion King finished at $1.6 billion with two thirds of that being international.
The Little Mermaid only took in $68 million international on opening weekend.
Napkin math says Mermaid will make $350ish million total domestic. If international percentage holds, that’s only another $200ish million.
Projected total? $550 million. On a $250 million budget, that’s a gigantic flop.
You are responding to math with empty platitudes. What part of “this movie is on track to lose money” do you not understand?
How can they release so many flops so quickly? Because Avatar 2 made two billion dollars. Because Endgame made 2 billion dollars. Because Lion King made 1.66 billion dollars. Because Beauty and the Beast made 1.23 billion dollars. Disney is the biggest entertainment company in history. They can absorb years of flops.