The live action Little Mermaid is at $543 million globally. Chances are good it won’t crack $600 million.
Reports put the cost of production at around $250 million. The break even point for such a budget is typically $700-750 million. So this movie is on track to lose a cool hundred million dollars, which is bad enough already.
But consider the fact that three previous live action remakes have broken the billion dollar barrier at the box office. In terms of established expectations, Little Mermaid is leaving as much as a quarter to a half a billion dollars on the table.
I blame some of this on the inherently flawed concept. Live action versions of people are obviously fine, and simulated live action versions of cuddly animals are popular. Simulated live action versions of dead-eye fish and creepy sea insects? Not as appealing.
But there’s simply no denying that the unnecessary race swapping of white ginger Ariel to yet another black actress did not go over well with non-woke foreign markets. Asian countries in particular roundly rejected this movie, which is why the international box office fell well short of domestic. This trend was completely reversed with the previous live action remakes, btw.
So yeah, don’t run your retard mouth about shit you don’t understand, whoever you were lol
Ah, that's interesting.
Me personally, I am just glad that this shit is at least on track to bomb. I was (and to an extent still am) kinda worried that this is going to succeed, especially after seeing Velma getting a second season for the same reasons TTG lasted as long as it did. I just don't think I can guarantee any successes for us in this endless mess.
There is a good chance the only reason it got a second season is because they already had it made and paid for, they just didnt release it. That is typically what happens with these sort of animated works, according to people I listen to who know the industry.