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.
Is this a serious post?
Disney can afford to keep doing it for years. They are the biggest entertainment company in history.
You yourself are saying they rely on ESG funds. Those would only be necessary if the product isn’t generating enough money by itself. That’s what I said in the first place.
Your arguments are terrible.