Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Okay maybe dying is the wrong word. But let's break it down:
Harry Potter (that's our "thing" and we have the trip package)-the last movies were NOT well received (but I TOTALLY give WB credit for trying completely new stories and REALLY hope for more other than the TV remake)
Jurassic: Dominion was also poorly received and killed the franchise for now. But a good tv show can revitalize.
Nintendo: not coming to the parks until 2025
Spiderman: Ironically., due to the Universal/Marvel/Disney contract, is still at Universal. But it is not updated for anything in the "modern age" and is still tied to the comic books. They could really use a boost and make it based on the Sony/MCU Spideys or, better yet, based on Miles.

But with Epic Adventure on the way, all the could change as they can bring in more and more (LOTR, Universal is coming for you!)

Ok…

Now do Star Wars?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Harry Potter
Jurassic Park
NINTENDO
Spider-Man

These are dying?

Don't forget Minions and the Illuminations cinematic universe.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I can’t figure out why this thread is still raging?

It’s over. We can reopen debate if it somehow pops back up over the next few weeks…against the odds.

 

[BuddyThomas]

I can’t figure out why this thread is still raging?

It’s over. We can reopen debate if it somehow pops back up over the next few weeks…against the odds.

The reason this thread is “still raging” is because there are many people on here rooting for the movie to fail. That’s all.

 

[Phroobar]

Spiderman is drowning the Little Mermaid. I will be even worst when Transformers opens.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Spiderman is drowning the Little Mermaid. I will be even worst when Transformers opens.

More than one movie is allowed to open in the summer.

 

[Jedijax719]

Don't forget Minions and the Illuminations cinematic universe.

Okay yes I admit I forgot about Gru and the minions. But are the other ones at Universal?

Btw, with all the "TLM has already failed-it's not an opinion but fact" posts that go on and on, I'd say that they all count at massive concern trolling. Is there a rule against concern trolling?

 

[CinematicFusion]

The reason this thread is “still raging” is because there are many people on here rooting for the movie to fail. That’s all.

I’m not rooting for it to fail, I’m a shareholder. I’m concerned about Disney’s creative direction. The New Coke vs. Classic Coke didn’t work in the 80s and apparently didn’t work overseas with new Mermaid vs old Mermaid. Overseas looks like they didn’t want change from a classic character, just like people didn’t want new Coke in the 80s and demanded Classic return. One of the all-time corporate blunders.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Okay yes I admit I forgot about Gru and the minions. But are the other ones at Universal?

Btw, with all the "TLM has already failed-it's not an opinion but fact" posts that go on and on, I'd say that they all count at massive concern trolling. Is there a rule against concern trolling?

Yes, I was just adding to the list. I agree, there are plenty of current IP at Universal.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I’m not rooting for it to fail, I’m a shareholder. I’m concerned about Disney’s creative direction. The New Coke vs. Classic Coke didn’t work in the 80s and apparently didn’t work overseas with new Mermaid vs old Mermaid. Overseas looks like they didn’t want change from a classic character, just like people didn’t want new Coke in the 80s and demanded Classic return. One of the all-time corporate blunders.

 

[TP2000]

Good news is we can start discussing then next flop Elemental next week.

What’s the excuse for that one gonna be ?

If anyone dares mention the practically perfect and too-good-for-this-world Ms. Catherine O'Hara as a reason why Elemental flops, it's going to get ugly in that thread. Trust me.

 

[BuddyThomas]

If anyone dares mention the practically perfect and too-good-for-this-world Ms. Catherine O'Hara as a reason why Elemental flops, it's going to get ugly in that thread. Trust me.

There you are!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Andrew C]

If anyone dares mention the practically perfect and too-good-for-this-world Ms. Catherine O'Hara as a reason why Elemental flops, it's going to get ugly in that thread. Trust me.

I will get banned.

 

[TP2000]

As of today's reporting from this weekend's box office overseas, The Little Mermaid is tracking right about where Aladdin was domestically. But unlike Aladdin and The Lion King, Mermaid is tracking way below those two overseas.

It really does look like the mediocre (Europe, Mexico) to poor (China) overseas box office results for Mermaid are what's going to prevent it from breaking even at its reported $560 Million figure.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Harry Potter
Jurassic Park
NINTENDO
Spider-Man

These are dying?

Don't forget Minions and the Illuminations cinematic universe.

The biggest reason I’ve always preferred Disney over Universal is their IP catalog wasn’t as good (or didn’t mean as much to me at least) but it’s definitely improved over the last decade.

HP, Jurassic, Minions, and to lessor extent How to Train your Dragon have become top tier IPs that have become as memorable to me as many Disney / Pixar movies.

I’m not a huge Nintendo fan but I know that’s a huge draw for many also.

There’s still many themes at Universal that don’t mean much to me, but at this point it’s hard not to give at least one vacation day to Universal now that there’s so many good themes.

 

[CinematicFusion]

As of today's reporting from this weekend's box office overseas, The Little Mermaid is tracking right about where Aladdin was domestically. But unlike Aladdin and The Lion King, Mermaid is tracking way below those two overseas.

It really does look like the mediocre (Europe, Mexico) to poor (China) overseas box office results for Mermaid are what's going to prevent it from breaking even at its reported $560 Million figure.

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They wanted Classic Coke and it cost Disney.

 

[Chi84]

The reason this thread is “still raging” is because there are many people on here rooting for the movie to fail. That’s all.

People find joy in different ways. Some are happy when Disney fails because they don’t like much about current-day Disney. It’s only a handful who get a kick out of posting non-stop about it, which can be interpreted as gloating. Best to just ignore it.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

As of today's reporting from this weekend's box office overseas, The Little Mermaid is tracking right about where Aladdin was domestically. But unlike Aladdin and The Lion King, Mermaid is tracking way below those two overseas.

It really does look like the mediocre (Europe, Mexico) to poor (China) overseas box office results for Mermaid are what's going to prevent it from breaking even at its reported $560 Million figure.

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At this point…I’m more interested to see how it fares domestically over the next week?

Disney has specialized in the “20 day flatline” with all its can’t miss IP of late…some exceptions - GOTG.

If they’re gonna break even they have to reverse that trend for mermaid

 

[LittleBuford]

I can’t figure out why this thread is still raging?

It’s over. We can reopen debate if it somehow pops back up over the next few weeks…against the odds.

There is no “rooting”

The game is over. Reality is reality…nothing said here affects Disneys decisions, successes…or failures

But this thread isn't supposed to be solely, or even mainly, about the film's box-office performance. It's supposed to be a place for general discussion of the film, though you'd hardly know it.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

But this thread isn't supposed to be solely, or even mainly, about the film's box-office performance. It's supposed to be a place for general discussion of the film, though you'd hardly know it.

Fair enough