Live Action Little Mermaid

[Sinner's Sandwich]

Do wonder what Disney will do with this flop,

Do more flops.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

https://gizmodo.com/the-little-mermaid-imdb-best-movies-movie-ratings-1850486516 (a)

The Little Mermaid Gets Review-Bombed So Hard That IMDb Changes Rating System​

ahaahahahahahhaahahha stop the count

 

[Super-Chevy454]

https://gizmodo.com/the-little-mermaid-imdb-best-movies-movie-ratings-1850486516 (a)

The Little Mermaid Gets Review-Bombed So Hard That IMDb Changes Rating System​

ahaahahahahahhaahahha stop the count

At this rate, The Little Mermaid will be rated -5 or even -10.

 

[BrunoMattei]

I said this in the Disney General thread but this bombed FUCKING HARD. Harder than anyone expected I think. It'll be a miracle if it hits a break even point which I would assume is not 500 million but closer to 600-700 with the insane marketing push this had.

That all said; I wonder just how much the stunt casting of a black chick as Ariel cost Disney? China had no interest for obvious reasons but you can speculate just how much they lost in the domestic box office by doubling down on this casting? I think it's safe to say, and I'm hedging my bets, that it easily cost them a billion right there.

 

[Dixieland Buckaroo]

I mean when this was announced, the jokes wrote themselves. (Black people can't swim, they're gonna all drown now, etc. etc.) But what an odd choice to divide a fan base on.

I'm not quite willing to call this a dud yet, but if the drop off next week is in line with recent Marvel duds (and it probably will be... Spiderverse is opening this week, and Transformers next... so over +50% drops could easily happen), well... it's not gonna be pretty for Disney. Assuming those big of drops, this thing will be lucky to make $250 mil domestic.

 

[TVB]

Disney keeps losing money and it's their decision to keep on making and releasing embarrassing shit. The company will even be lucky to survive by the end of the decade even with a mountain flops. Hopefully, that would finally be a cautionary tale learnt in time for the company and how they keep fucking everything up for the worst.

 

[Product Placement]

I just don't get why this has a budget of $250 million, Aquaman which is visually far better only cost $160 to $200 million.

Mean even if they thought this would join the $1 billion club, why wouldn't they want maximize profit by giving it a sensible budget, not like you can see the crazy budget on screen.

 

[GenociderSyo]

So more changes in this:

• Not only does Ariel have to kiss Eric, she has amnesia about HAVING to kiss Eric.
• Ariel is now 18 years old instead of 16.
• There is no iconic castle for the merfolk.
• Ariel signs no contract in the remake.
  • Instead she rips off one of her scales and gives it to Ursula.
  • This change was made because people might wonder why Ariel doesn't just write to Eric.
• Ariel uses constellations to tell Eric her name instead of Sebastian whispering it.
• Songs
  • Les Poisonns was removed.
    • This means there is none of the castle plot with Sebastian and the chef.
  • Daughters of Triton was removed.
  • Poor Unfortunate Souls
    • Removed Lyrics because it might make girls "not want to speak out of turn."
      • “The men up there don’t like a lot of blabber. They think a girl who gossips is a bore. Come on, they’re not all that impressed with conversation. True gentlemen avoid it when they can! But they dote and swoon and fawn on a lady who’s withdrawn, it’s she who holds her tongue who gets a man!”
  • Kiss the Girl
    • Amended Lyrics because it "makes it seems Eric is forcing himself on Ariel."
      • "Possible she want you too, there is one way to ask her" is changed to "Use your words, boy, and ask her."
  • Under the Sea
    • Ariel is now one of the active singers in this song because the music dude liked Halle's singing.
  • Part of Your World Reprise II added.
    • "Risking it all only to fallBack where I started
      Back near the shore, back to before
      You took my hand
      Betcha on land they understand
      And they don't strand you, brokenhearted
      What did I give to live where you are?
      Where do I go with nowhere to turn to?"

 

[TVB]

I just don't get why this has a budget of $250 million, Aquaman which is visually far better only cost $160 to $200 million.

Mean even if they thought this would join the $1 billion club, why wouldn't they want maximize profit by giving it a sensible budget, not like you can see the crazy budget on screen.

Plus, as stupid as Aquaman was, at least it was sorta entertaining.

Shit, even a porno from 2006 like Pirates had better water effects, and that was 17 years prior and it had a budget of $1 million (arguably one of the most expensive pornos ever made). What's Disney's excuse??

 

[Sniperwoof]

Plus, as stupid as Aquaman was, at least it was sorta entertaining.

Shit, even a porno from 2006 like Pirates had better water effects, and that was 17 years prior and it had a budget of $1 million (arguably one of the most expensive pornos ever made). What's Disney's excuse??

Disney has put literally all of their hopes and dreams into ESG.

I think Disney higher ups really bought into this vision of a post free market corporate future where you no longer had to appeal to consumers and could just get endless lines of credit from firms like BlackRock.

Man did that backfire hard. Couldn't have happened to a nicer globalist mega corporation.

Rest in piss.

 

[TVB]

Disney has put literally all of their hopes and dreams into ESG.

I think Disney higher ups really bought into this vision of a post free market corporate future where you no longer had to appeal to consumers and could just get endless lines of credit from firms like BlackRock.

Man did that backfire hard. Couldn't have happened to a nicer globalist mega corporation.

Rest in piss.

And now Universal is still laughing at Disney's misery. Plus, Disney shouldn't even purchase 20th Century Fox in 2019. That's how greedy they've become throughout the 2010s.

This is a cautionary tale as to why giant corporations should've been more careful than to invest into BlackRock money and to go globalhomo, because you get shit like happening in the process. Industries being lefty-commie political and also being too hard on employees is also damaging the companies for the absolute worst.

 

[Billy Bob Dick]

I think Disney higher ups really bought into this vision of a post free market corporate future where you no longer had to appeal to consumers and could just get endless lines of credit from firms like BlackRock.

Companies like Disney/Netflix/Hulu etc. are convinced that if they just produce enough wokeshit, damn the cost and the losses, keep rubbing the public's face in buttfucking and girldick, eventually the streaming libraries will reach woke critical mass and the public will be forced to like the globohomo because there won't be any normal entertainment left.

It's fascinating to watch. It's like attempted gay rape on a mass corporate scale.

"DAMN THE TORPEDOES, FULL TRANS AHEAD"

 

[TVB]

Companies like Disney/Netflix/Hulu etc.

But Disney owns Hulu, it's not a separate entity.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Disney has put literally all of their hopes and dreams into ESG.

I think Disney higher ups really bought into this vision of a post free market corporate future where you no longer had to appeal to consumers and could just get endless lines of credit from firms like BlackRock.

Man did that backfire hard. Couldn't have happened to a nicer globalist mega corporation.

Rest in piss.

They're so naive to believe that vision who was only a boulevard of broken dreams.

The best part is who'll be interested to buy Disney leftovers once they're bankrupt?

 

[Oilspill Battery]

Ariel signs no contract in the remake.

Instead she rips off one of her scales and gives it to Ursula.

This change was made because people might wonder why Ariel doesn't just write to Eric.

Ariel uses constellations to tell Eric her name instead of Sebastian whispering it.

Unironically good changes, pitty the rest of the movie is "modern audience" dogshit.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

Plus, as stupid as Aquaman was, at least it was sorta entertaining.

Shit, even a porno from 2006 like Pirates had better water effects, and that was 17 years prior and it had a budget of $1 million (arguably one of the most expensive pornos ever made). What's Disney's excuse??

Yea, Aquaman was dumb as hell, but it was pretty fun, which honestly is what I wish there was more of in DC movies.

 

[Oilspill Battery]

By the way, with this movie, the last 6 live action disney remakes have all flopped.

Mulan made 70mil on a 200mil budget.

Cruella made 230mil on a 100-200 mil budget, No idea how there's so much variability in its budget, but keep in mind these movies need to make x2 their budget to pay for marketing and distribution costs, even if the budget was 100 mil, that means it barely broke even)

Peter Pan, Pinocchio and Lady and the Tramp made 0 money because disney was too embarrassed to release them to cinemas so they were just a money black hole.

Lady and tramp costed a "modest" 60 mil, Pinnochio costed 150 mil, and nobody knows how much peter pan was.

And now the little mermaid, the film that SHOULD have cracked a billion even excluding the fact that china adores mermaids, made 220 on a 250 mil budget.

Honestly, the most hillarious part of all this is that dreamworks witnessed disney live action remakes bleeding money despite disney's colossal cult like brand loyalty, and decided "Gotta get me sum'o'dat" by making a live action remake of httyd with a black astrid.

The people in charge of these decisions are paid millions to lose millions while you work a 9-5 for a pittance. Pol pot was right.

Edit: Also, just remembered, just for fun in the animation department:

Strange world: Budget 135-180 mil | Box office 73 mil.

Lightyear: Budget 200 mil | Box office 226.4 Mil (They actually said this one ended up losing the studio about 100 mil after box office, so yeah this confirms that breaking even isn't enough, you need at LEAST 50% more than the budget to even BEGIN to break even)

Turning red: Budget 175 mil | Box office 20mil (lmao)

Also I love the turning red case, because its the perfect example that covid doesn't mean shit.

People will use the excuse "Turning red made no money because it got released for 1 week then got on disney+ due to covid."

Which is valid if you aren't aware of a little title called luca. You see luca was also only on theaters for 1 week due to covid then released on disney+. The catch?

Luca was shown only on international markets without d+, whereas turning red was shown on internatonal markets without d+, the US and the UK. The result?

It made 50 million back. Which while also modest, is also literally MORE THAN DOUBLE what turning red made WHILE being released in less theaters. So yes, writing quality DOES matter. Its not just covid. Two movies released in covid for 1 week (with turning red getting to more theaters), one dogshit, one actually good, had a difference of literally more than double in box office.


Anyway hopefully you get the point by now, out of the last 15 or so disney+pixar movies none have actually turned a profit, partly because of covid, partly because disney is hellbent on shooting itself in the knee with disney plus, mostly because the writing is shit. (As demonstrated by turning red and luca).

 

[BrunoMattei]

I just don't get why this has a budget of $250 million, Aquaman which is visually far better only cost $160 to $200 million.

Short answer: money laundering. It's easier to hide money by doing these gargantuan blockbusters. Where that money goes we won't ever know.

Cruella made 230mil on a 100-200 mil budget, No idea how there's so much variability in its budget, but keep in mind these movies need to make x2 their budget to pay for marketing and distribution costs, even if the budget was 100 mil, that means it barely broke even)

It's 3X the budget required to be profitable.

 

[White Devil]

There is no iconic castle for the merfolk.

Probably too penis shaped.

 

[SaveTheWhales]

by making a live action remake of httyd with a black astrid.

This shit hurts. I don't care about Astrid being recast as a black-jew-whatever. It's just going to look jarring for their redo of Romantic Flight.