movie The Little Mermaid (2023) | Makes a BIG streaming splash on Disney+ | 16M views! 🫧🐚

[Psylocke]

13 minutes ago, EmailMySwift said:

I still don't get why Ariel is getting her life singing Under the Sea? The whole point is she hates it and Sebastian is unsuccesfuly trying to change her mind. How did they misunderstand the assignment that badly?

They probably just wanted Halle to sing more, since in the original Ariel only has one song. But yeah it just comes off as super out of character 

[Schami66]

I mean she rolls her eyes while Sebastian is singing this iconic bop. I think she's not really taking it seriously and singing along for fun. 

And im glad that she does. She elevates the song

[CarCAL22]

22 minutes ago, EmailMySwift said:

I still don't get why Ariel is getting her life singing Under the Sea? The whole point is she hates it and Sebastian is unsuccesfuly trying to change her mind. How did they misunderstand the assignment that badly?

Have you even seen the movie? It can be a little more nuanced than that 

 

and she doesn't "hate" it...

[V$.]

3 hours ago, Schami66 said:

I mean she rolls her eyes while Sebastian is singing this iconic bop. I think she's not really taking it seriously and singing along for fun. 

And im glad that she does. She elevates the song

[EmailMySwift]

10 hours ago, chosensparkles said:

she doesn't hate it during the animated movie tho... she just gets her attention back up to Flounder and his discovery

She is pretty bored. By the time Flounder shows up she has her back on everyone, not even paying attention. 

 

[Weld_E]

1 hour ago, EmailMySwift said:

She is pretty bored. By the time Flounder shows up she has her back on everyone, not even paying attention. 

 

She did enjoy parts of it though

 

   

 

 

[Sweetestsecret]

12 hours ago, EmailMySwift said:

I still don't get why Ariel is getting her life singing Under the Sea? The whole point is she hates it and Sebastian is unsuccesfuly trying to change her mind. How did they misunderstand the assignment that badly?

Don't try to understand it.. animation will always be the best version 

[CosTaSsSs]

Any info on when is this gonna be available on Disney+?

[V$.]

https://twitter.com/almanaquedisney/status/1667169878686539778?t=05d1FcoEh_kP4ZnINzng-Q&s=19

 

[vale9001]

On 6/8/2023 at 8:11 AM, BNF91 said:

Transformers' opening day can't unseat TLM from #1 in Italy on its 3rd Wednesday.. $10M there tomorrow, showing some nice legs. 

from sunday to next tuesday tickets are only 3.50 euros in all the country so it will drop hard. 

[chosensparkles]

3 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

from sunday to next tuesday tickets are only 3.50 euros in all the country so it will drop hard. 

where?

[vale9001]

1 minute ago, chosensparkles said:

where?

in Italy. 

[BNF91]

Japan looks like it's not going to bomb. Opening day of $1.15M. 3-day opening looks to be $4.5M-5.5M. Not reaching the heights of Aladdin but as this market is the leggiest in the world, we could see a decent enough gross. Will gross more than China and South Korea combined by a lot.  

[chosensparkles]

1 minute ago, BNF91 said:

Japan looks like it's not going to bomb. Opening day of $1.15M. 3-day opening looks to be $4.5M-5.5M. Not reaching the heights of Aladdin but as this market is the leggiest in the world, we could see a decent enough gross. Will gross more than China and South Korea combined by a lot.  

yay!

[chosensparkles]

In #Japan’s #BoxOffice, #TheLittleMermaid finally debuts leading with solid 1.3M FRI Opening Day. WOM just ok,on par with #TheLionKing, #Maleficent, #Cinderella receiving a 3.8 from audiences, but under #Aladdin’s 4.1  #BeautyAndTheBeast’s 4 Eyeing a 4M-5.5M 3-day opening.

[livelikemusic]

 

[Aethereal]

24 minutes ago, chosensparkles said:

In #Japan’s #BoxOffice, #TheLittleMermaid finally debuts leading with solid 1.3M FRI Opening Day. WOM just ok,on par with #TheLionKing, #Maleficent, #Cinderella receiving a 3.8 from audiences, but under #Aladdin’s 4.1  #BeautyAndTheBeast’s 4 Eyeing a 4M-5.5M 3-day opening.

In Japan, Dumbo did $9M and Cruella, $5M. If TLM does $20M total in Japan that would be quite decent in comparison with other Asian markets. 

Dumbo did ~239M internationally. Now Japan will increase hopes for 280M-290M international score for TLM.

TLM in UK is 4 million ahead of Dumbo, heading for 8M-10M difference in the end. ($42M-$45M vs $35M for Dumbo).

 

 

Oh boy, where to start.

 

Opening Day	Total allocated seats	Tickets sold	Reservation rate
Maleficent (SAT)	364,057	106,494	29.3%
Cinderella (SAT)	379,705	94,853	24.9%
The Jungle Book (FRI)	309,967	78,996	25.5%
Beauty and the Beast (FRI)	674,451	146,842	21.8%
Aladdin (FRI)	750,213	137,025	18.3%
The Lion King (FRI)	517,619	145,895	28.2%
The Little Mermaid (FRI, as of 22:00)	458,754	58,573	12.7%

 

It's clear that there is a very low interest in the movie. It will drop even faster than the predecessors.

[RihRihGirrrl]

9 minutes ago, livelikemusic said:

 

This scene was so powerful in the theater....the little girls around me were so amazed 

Edited June 9, 2023 by RihRihGirrrl

[V$.]

13 minutes ago, livelikemusic said:

 

[BNF91]

Saturday presales already double that of Friday in Japan.. Japanese tracker considers that pretty good, says she expects 700M Japanese yen and bigger than Avatar 2 debut ($5M debut).

 

Of course it is not on the level of Aladdin/BATB/Lion King, but it is very clearly nowhere near a bomb and the 2nd or 3rd biggest western debut of the year if I'm not mistaken. 

 

TLM is also smashing in Philippines and by today, should already be the #1 film of the year there as the 3rd weekend begins. 

 

Domestic Thursday numbers aren't final yet but apparently TLM had just a 6% dip. Can still hit $23M for the weekend. 

Edited June 10, 2023 by BNF91

[Aethereal]

2 hours ago, BNF91 said:

Japan looks like it's not going to bomb. Opening day of $1.15M. 3-day opening looks to be $4.5M-5.5M. Not reaching the heights of Aladdin but as this market is the leggiest in the world, we could see a decent enough gross. Will gross more than China and South Korea combined by a lot.  

The Jungle Book did $23M total with $5.6M opening weekend. This one is looking $15M-20M.

[Rebel Lion]

The main problem I had with this is that they gave everything away with the trailers. It reminded me of the rollout of the music video for Hold It Against Me. It was that bad. Made me feel like I already watched the movie. Plus there were so many leaks on youtube and tiktok that were never taken down and spoiled the main scenes. All they needed to do was to release a trailer for the Under The Sea portion and that's it.

[V$.]

https://twitter.com/thalia/status/1667236883439427610?t=fhehYnwdpdQFFDR3kAOBqg&s=19

 

[blaggot]

2 hours ago, livelikemusic said:

 

finally

 

been waiting for this to get posted, I love hearing all the foley along with the song

[chosensparkles]

#TheLittleMermaid finished 2nd full week at US #BoxOffice grossing solid 4.1M on 2nd THU, Strong legs despite #RiseOfTheBeasts  & #Spiderverse  performances, a -41.6% drop from last THU (vs #GOTGVol3 3.7M, -48.3%, #Aladdin 4.7M, -26%) for a 206M US cume. Eyeing a 310M-350M US run