‘The Little Mermaid’ Global Box Office Swims Toward Mammoth Milestone
After a modest opening weekend haul back in May, followed by mediocre response in overseas markets, it looks like Disney’s big-budget live-action remake The Little Mermaid has been able to steady itself in choppy waters after all. After seven weekends in theaters, the film is on the verge of passing major box office milestones both domestically and worldwide.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT A remake of the 1992 animated classic, the movie will likely pass the $550 million mark at the worldwide box office by the end of its theatrical run, and even has an outside shot of crossing the $300 million mark domestically, especially if Disney holds onto its digital release for just a couple more weeks.
The movie debuted to an underwhelming $163 million global haul in May, but displayed strong holds at the domestic box office over the next month, as it swam past important milestones. In overseas markets, however, the movie vastly underperformed. Its biggest foreign territory remains the U.K., where it made $31 million, followed by Mexico and Japan . It bombed in both South Korea and China, where it made less than $5 million each.
Where Does the Movie Stand in the Pantheon of Disney's Live-Action Remakes? As far as live-action Disney remakes go, The Little Mermaid is passing the $543 million lifetime global haul of Cinderella as we speak, but the movie won’t be able to touch the worldwide totals of Maleficent and The Jungle Book , not to mention the studio’s four billion-dollar-plus blockbusters — Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
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