Disney Reveals Spending On ‘Little Mermaid’ Swelled To $379.8 Million
The post Disney Reveals Spending On ‘Little Mermaid’ Swelled To $379.8 Million appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. ‘The Little Mermaid’ failed to match some of its predecessors at the box office © 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. DISNEY Disney has revealed that the cost of its live action remake of The Little Mermaid swelled by 6.8% to $379.8 million last year as further bills came in following its release. The spending didn’t exceed expectations as Disney noted that “the cost was in line with the production budget.” However, the picture underperformed in theaters plunging it to an estimated $25 million loss at the box office. The movie is a remake of Disney’s beloved 1989 cartoon which won two Academy Awards for its score and its catchy song ‘Under the Sea’. The 2023 remake starred Halle Bailey in the title role alongside a cast of computer-generated characters which contributed to the movie’s colossal cost. It didn’t pay off as The Little Mermaid was widely criticized for the eerie appearance of the creatures which inhabit its undersea world. “There’s something about these depictions that triggers an uneasy response,” wrote Vox. “Maybe it’s the prolonged, lingering shots on their ‘smiling’ faces or that their tiny mouths are contorted in unnatural ways. It’s as though there’s almost something sinister hiding underneath the computerized animal skin – and that’s even before they start singing and dancing.” The opprobrium dragged down the movie’s critics’ score to 67% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes though audiences were much more complimentary. They awarded it 93% but the film still failed to make a splash in theaters. According to Disney it grossed “$570 million at the global box office” which was respectable but a far cry from the $1.7 billion haul of its live action version of The Lion King in 2019 and the $1 billion that Aladdin made in the same year. Studios receive…
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‘The Little Mermaid’ failed to match some of its predecessors at the box office © 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. DISNEY Disney has revealed that the cost of its live action remake of The Little Mermaid swelled by 6.8% to $379.8 million last year as further bills came in following its release. The spending didn’t exceed expectations as Disney noted that “the cost was in line with the production budget.” However, the picture underperformed in theaters plunging it to an estimated $25 million loss at the box office. The movie is a remake of Disney’s beloved 1989 cartoon which won two Academy Awards for its score and its catchy song ‘Under the Sea’. The 2023 remake starred Halle Bailey in the title role alongside a cast of computer-generated characters which contributed to the movie’s colossal cost. It didn’t pay off as The Little Mermaid was widely criticized for the eerie appearance of the creatures which inhabit its undersea world. “There’s something about these depictions that triggers an uneasy response,” wrote Vox. “Maybe it’s the prolonged, lingering shots on their ‘smiling’ faces or that their tiny mouths are contorted in unnatural ways. It’s as though there’s almost something sinister hiding underneath the computerized animal skin – and that’s even before they start singing and dancing.” The opprobrium dragged down the movie’s critics’ score to 67% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes though audiences were much more complimentary. They awarded it 93% but the film still failed to make a splash in theaters. According to Disney it grossed “$570 million at the global box office” which was respectable but a far cry from the $1.7 billion haul of its live action version of The Lion King in 2019 and the $1 billion that Aladdin made in the same year. Studios receive…
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