The Little Mermaid Makes Box Office Waves With $185 Million in Collection

Analysts point out that the aquatic adventure's debut does not represent the biggest opening weekend for a live-action Disney adaptation.

By Agence France-Presse | Updated: 29 May 2023 16:29 IST

The Little Mermaid Makes Box Office Waves With $185 Million in Collection

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Halle Bailey (pictured) portrays Ariel in 2023 live-action remake of The Little Mermaid

Highlights

Disney's The Little Mermaid remake was released on May 26
The movie raked in $117.5 million (about Rs. 971 crore) in North America
It wasn't the biggest opening weekend for a live-action Disney adaptation

Disney's live-action version of The Little Mermaid netted the top spot at North American box offices on its opening weekend, over the US' Memorial Day holiday, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The remake of the 1989 animated tale of an underwater princess who gives up her voice in pursuit of true love on land, starring pop singer Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy, raked in $117.5 million (about Rs. 971 crore) in US and Canadian box offices and another $68 million (about Rs. 561 crore) internationally, Exhibitor Relations said.

Despite the number one spot, analyst David A. Gross pointed out that the aquatic adventure's debut does not represent the biggest opening weekend for a live-action Disney adaptation.

He recalled that 2019's The Lion King and 2017's Beauty and the Beast earned $191.8 million (about Rs. 1,584 crore) and $174.8 million (about Rs. 1,444 crore) respectively, over their opening weekends.

"During the last dozen years, Disney has built live-action remakes into a powerhouse phenomenon," Gross wrote in the FranchiseRe newsletter.

Still, Ariel and friends were able to bump last week's number one feature Fast X down to a distant number two, with Universal's action film pulling in only $29.5 million (about Rs. 244 crore) in the Friday to Monday period.

That's less than half of what the movie, part of the Fast & Furious franchise starring Vin Diesel, made during its opening weekend last week.

Disney's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Universal's The Super Mario Bros Movie were also knocked down one spot each from last weekend to take third and fourth places, making $25.3 million (about Rs. 209 crore) and $7.7 million (about Rs. 64 crore).

In fifth place was Sony's new action comedy The Machine, which earned $5.8 million (about Rs. 48 crore) and is based on US comedian Bert Kreischer's stand-up routine.

Rounding out the top 10 were:

About My Father ($5.3 million)
Kandahar ($3 million)
You Hurt My Feelings ($1.8 million)
Evil Dead Rise ($1.2 million)
Book Club: The Next Chapter ($1.2 million)

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The Little Mermaid

Release Date 26 May 2023
Language English
Genre Adventure, Fantasy
Cast
Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Jude Akuwudike, Lorena Andrea, Kajsa Mohammar, Simone Ashley
Director
Rob Marshall
Producer
Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, Marc Platt, Lin-Manuel Miranda

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