{"id":2841,"date":"2023-06-07T16:35:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T16:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2023-06-07T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T16:35:58","slug":"latest-woke-disney-flick-looks-like-it-might-lose-millions-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/07\/latest-woke-disney-flick-looks-like-it-might-lose-millions-as-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Woke Disney Flick Looks Like It Might Lose Millions as Well"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the woke, financial problem children that were\u00a0Lightyear<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Strange World<\/em>, both of which lost millions at the box office, with\u00a0Lightyear<\/em>\u00a0losing over $100 million<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Strange World<\/em>\u00a0losing<\/a><\/p>\n

a similarly massive sum, did Disney come up with a non-woke movie that people actually want to watch? Nope, they came up with a live-action remake of\u00a0The Little Mermaid.<\/em><\/p>\n

While that one has done okay at the domestic box office, things haven\u2019t gone so well at the international box office. In fact, though it\u2019s done reasonably well in the US, overseas ticket sales have been so slow that it could very well lose tens of millions of dollars, as Deadline reported.<\/p>\n

In its report on the international headwinds the new version of\u00a0The Little Mermaid\u00a0<\/em>is facing, Deadline noted that the film is expected to bring in about $300M-$350 million in the US and Canada and about $260 million in international sales.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a problem, as the movie had a large budget and huge advertising budget, so even slightly low global sales could lead to a loss. Such is what Deadline reported,\u00a0saying<\/a>, \u201coff a reported $250M production cost and $140M global marketing spend, The Little Mermaid could very well break-even. However, anything in the low $400M global threshold and this fish is apt to be sinking to a loss of around $20M.<\/em>\u201d Later, the article notes that the film\u2019s combined expenses were $476 million, so it\u2019ll need to make at least that to break even before participations and residuals are taken into account.<\/p>\n

So, if the movie does about as well as currently expected, it\u2019ll be somewhere around break-even. But if it slows down yet more as audiences\u00a0look at the IMDB ratings<\/a>\u00a0and decide they don\u2019t need to see it, at least in theaters, then it\u2019ll be another loss for Disney. Speaking about that to Deadline, one insider said, \u201cNot a huge disappointment, but a disappointment, nonetheless.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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.@IMDb<\/a> has changed its film rating system for The Little Mermaid after people left poor reviews. The rating system now uses "an alternate weighting calculation" so that the film scores better. https:\/\/t.co\/LQkC8qKWH9<\/a><\/p>\n

— Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n