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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Anything worse than that for Disney would just be icing on the cake and a real message to them that everybody, including the normies, are done with their shit.

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“The Little Mermaid” had a budget close to $250 million, which grew because of unexpected COVID-related production delays and health and safety costs, so it will need to resonate across the globe to turn a profit.

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screenrant.com on May 5th, 2023:

If any 2023 movie is almost guaranteed to join the billion-dollar club, it's the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

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Regardless of quality, almost every “live-action” Disney movie has far surpassed the billion-dollar mark, whether it's Aladdin or The Lion King, both of which are rated "rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Opening the same weekend as Top Gun: Maverick last year, this is the pick for this summer's biggest film. Really all you have to do is look at how much the live-action remakes of the other Disney Renaissance-era films have made:

The Lion King (2019)- $543 million
Beauty and The Beast (2017)- $504 million
Aladdin (2019)- $356 million

All three animated films are beloved and grossed over $1 billion each worldwide. Arguably, The Little Mermaid is the favorite out of all of them. Throw in controversies galore, a huge groundswell of online support that may actually matter for once, and a talented young star primed for a huge breakout, and you have all the makings of a huge, huge hit. The biggest of the summer, I think.

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The international numbers are more worrying. Mexico is the film’s biggest market to date, but it is expected to open with only $8.5 million there. The United Kingdom, where it’s headed to $6.3 million on debut, is the only other country where it is earning more than $5 million on opening weekend. Its international total of $68 million so far still gives it a shot at $500 million or $600 million worldwide. In comparison, Aladdin picked up $121 million from international territories on its opening weekend, which helped propel it to a final total of over $1 billion.

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Originally posted by second:
6ix, why would anyone buy a ticket for a Free movie? The Little Mermaid is Free.

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The most horrifying change between the 1989 cartoon and the 2023 movie is the identity of the killer. In 1989, the killer of the Sea Witch was the Prince. In 2023, the killer was the Mermaid. How dare Disney change this pivotal plot point from the way Hans Christian Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid?

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Originally posted by second:
The Little Mermaid is #8 in
Top 2023 Movies at the Domestic Box Office

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

It's one thing to look at The Little Mermaid as a huge win by saying it's 8th place Domestic and 13th place Worldwide for 2023 after its first weekend, but when a movie only makes 65% of its production budget worldwide on its first weekend its doomed to lose money in the end after real world accounting is factored in. If the movie had cost $50 Million to make, it would have already been a winner.

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Originally posted by second:Do you remember your obsession with Top Gun Maverick? I do: http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=36&tid=60492&mid=11744
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

In any event, what you're suggesting is that Disney continue partaking in Securities Fraud. It's already in hot water for lying to investors about the state of Disney+, and Disney has a lot of eyes on it right now. I would suggest they don't play those games anymore if that is indeed what they're doing.

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Originally posted by second:
Maybe the Anti-Woke Club won't see the movie, but it is doing as well as its competition

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
The Little Mermaid opens to 32,807 theaters in China and only makes $2,640,000 there in the first 4 days.

$20 per day per theater.

Nice!

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
The Little Mermaid opens to 32,807 theaters in China and only makes $2,640,000 there in the first 4 days.

$20 per day per theater.

Nice!

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Australia sold more tickets than China. Something is wrong in China because the current population of Australia is 26,358,787.
For China, 1,455,604,547
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/australia-population/
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/china-population/

Weekend Australia Chart for May 26, 2023 (USD)

1 The Little Mermaid Adventure $3,778,977
2 FastX Action $2,291,292
3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Action $1,481,600
4 John Farnham: Finding the Voice Documentary $436,708
5 Super Mario Bros. Action $275,783
6 Book Club: The Next Chapter Romantic Comedy $227,039
7 Renfield Black Comedy $202,618
8 Maybe I Do Romantic Comedy $134,292
9 The Machine Action $66,825
10 Godday Godday Chaa Comedy $66,370

https://www.the-numbers.com/weekend-box-office-chart/Australia

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Believe the other side when they tell you who they are. Spiritually and morally bankrupt, the Left’s mission to radically change children’s behavior presses on.

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Not enough “kink” in a kid’s movie: how is that even allowed to be published for a once-revered publication like The Times? In this day and age, it’s (sadly) become the norm.

Morris wrote in his review: ‘The new, live-action ‘The Little Mermaid’ is everything nobody should want in a movie: dutiful and defensive, yet desperate for approval. It reeks of obligation and noble intentions.

“Joy, fun, mystery, risk, flavor, kink — they’re missing.”

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
What The Shell? ‘New York Times’ Movie Critic Faults New ‘Little Mermaid’ Movie For Its Lack of ‘Kink’

https://www.outkick.com/what-the-shell-new-york-times-movie-critic-fau
lts-new-little-mermaid-flick-for-its-lack-of-kink-column/

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Believe the other side when they tell you who they are. Spiritually and morally bankrupt, the Left’s mission to radically change children’s behavior presses on.

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Not enough “kink” in a kid’s movie: how is that even allowed to be published for a once-revered publication like The Times? In this day and age, it’s (sadly) become the norm.

“Joy, fun, mystery, risk, flavor, kink — they’re missing.”

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Democrats are child rapists..

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Originally posted by second:
There is a "kinky" scene from the cartoon version that is missing from the live-action. The sea worms, mermaids transformed into worms by the Sea Witch, are warning Ariel to stay away or else she will become like them. Also missing from the live-action version of The Little Mermaid is the kinky transformation of the sea worms back into mermaids after Ariel murders the Sea Witch with a wood pole rammed into the Sea Witch. Joss Whedon got the idea of how to murder Wash in the movie Serenity from The Little Mermaid.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

You don't know what the word kinky means.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Boy... Disney really has a stranglehold on the theater chains in this country. It's still got the widest release this weekend over Black Spider Man 2 even though it's only predicted to make around $33 Million this weekend domestic.

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Originally posted by whozit:
Crap like this is why Disney is laying off over 7,000 people.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Another woke bomb from Disney incoming...

Disney is the hilarious gift that keeps on grifting.

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Originally posted by THG:
So, does this mean this guy reviewing the move below is a dickhead? I think it does.

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Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' reels in highest Memorial Day box office numbers, with nearly $120 million

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/disneys-the-little-mermaid-reels
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The Little Mermaid’s Box Office Drop Is Horrible For Disney’s Live-Action Remakes

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
8th place and still a financial failure. Industry insider says it needs to make $700 to $800 Million to break even.

Good thing Disney had Avatar 2 to make up for all of its other huge losses so far this year.

When is Avatar 3 coming out?

Maybe Indiana Jones 5 will keep Disney above water until then?


Oh... wait.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indiana_jones_and_the_dial_of_destiny

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I'm not going to reply to your dumbassery again in detail, since you've already brought that up and I've already refuted it other than to say that Disney is failing on ALL fronts right now, including and most importantly at its theme parks.

When you're that big, you can afford to lose in one area by sacrificing it to your agenda, but only for so long before you've damaged your entire brand.

Disney is finding out the hard way what we all were telling them for years.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
You are a simple minded fool who's judgements mean nothing.

I'm glad I can say that I don't know anybody like you in real life. I have to give the real-life you the benefit of the doubt and think that you're not really the person you pretend to be on these boards, because that person would be wholly evil and self-serving without any ability to provide anything for himself or others and only able to survive by stealing anything they can get their hands on.

I hope for the sake of anybody unfortunate enough to be within your sphere of influence that I'm right about that.

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Originally posted by second:
The biggest movie right now at theaters is also available for free download. 6ix, you don't take "free" into consideration as to why Disney sells fewer movie tickets, do you? Especially when you lost your dinky mind while on a culture war rampage against Disney.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
96% TOMATOMETER · 280 reviews

As a reminder, The Little Mermaid 2023 is also available for free. Why would anyone buy a ticket? And why would anyone think Trump's culture war against Disney made this happen?

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

No shit they're both available for free. You keep turning Haken's site into a pirate paradise with pirate links because you have no respect for Haken.

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The well is running dry for the company’s Renaissance-era movies and there’s doubt more recent successes like ”Moana“ and ”Frozen“ will perform.

When Bob Iger took over Walt Disney again, one of his first moves was to reassure Wall Street that more sequels and remakes were coming. Disney has a lot in its vault, and remaking animated classics as live-action movies is widely seen as a safe strategy, with built-in audiences for familiar fare.

That strategy is coming into question, though, as weak international box office numbers for “The Little Mermaid” trickle in. The live-action remake of the 1989 film grossed $95 million in its Friday-Sunday North American debut, but just $68 million overseas. For comparison, star power fueled the 2019 “Aladdin” remake with Will Smith and 2017’s “Beauty and the Beast” with Emma Watson, both of which earned more than $1 billion, mostly overseas.

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Disney's financials have deteriorated over the last five years, with its streaming service Disney+ experiencing negative margins and increased competition.

Former CEO Bob Iger is returning to implement cost-cutting measures and improve profitability, but the company's intrinsic value is still estimated at $56.69, implying a 38.5% downside from the current valuation.

DIS' management needs to improve efficiency and create shareholder value, but new investors should be cautious due to negative sentiment and potential market volatility.

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