Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid

[Disney Irish]

From a Domestic perspective, The Little Mermaid is certainly a success, and will have a cultural impact worth exploring in North America.

How Disney spins this, I don't know. But it's certainly not an outright failure. International is a big disappointment.

People don't care about this, its all about "Disney releases bomb after bomb" without looking at the nuance of the Box Office.

 

[GimpYancIent]

A sizeable promotional push with plenty of hoopla and teasing, a not so big splash upon release and now a steady fade away. Don't see any social or otherwise impact just a viewing public waiting for the next production.

 

[Phroobar]

That is two bombs in a month. Will Indy continue Disney's carpet bombing of the summer?

 

[BuddyThomas]

A sizeable promotional push with plenty of hoopla and teasing, a not so big splash upon release and now a steady fade away. Don't see any social or otherwise impact just a viewing public waiting for the next production.

No social impact? Really?

 

[GimpYancIent]

That is two bombs in a month. Will Indy continue Disney's carpet bombing of the summer?

Don't go by any Rotten Tomato ratings . They are a joke and consistently miss the mark. Indy has an appeal the others did not.

 

[Phroobar]

Don't go by any Rotten Tomato ratings . They are a joke and consistently miss the mark. Indy has an appeal the others did not.

Agreed. We will go see it just because it is Indy. That doesn't mean I will like it. I'll buy the DVD just for completion sake.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Don't go by any Rotten Tomato ratings . They are a joke and consistently miss the mark. Indy has an appeal the others did not.

How are they a joke? How do they miss the mark? They are a compilation of both audience and critic reviews. Please educate all of us morons on how something as simple as that is a joke and misses the mark.

 

[Tha Realest]

No social impact? Really?

You bragged about the doll sales a few weeks ago, so here’s an update: Ariel from this film is the fifth best-selling mermaid doll on Amazon, begin a few Barbie ones and the original Ariel. So, by your own metric….

 

[MagicHappens1971]

People don't care about this, its all about "Disney releases bomb after bomb" without looking at the nuance of the Box Office.

The general public & media is not looking at TLM as a bomb. That’s all that really matters anyway

 

[Disney Irish]

The general public & media is not looking at TLM as a bomb. That’s all that really matters anyway

Yet all the "Negative Nancy's" around here would have you believe that the general public doesn't care and that the media is just shilling for Disney.

 

[BuddyThomas]

You bragged about the doll sales a few weeks ago, so here’s an update: Ariel from this film is the fifth best-selling mermaid doll on Amazon, begin a few Barbie ones and the original Ariel. So, by your own metric….

I do not believe that I was talking to you. Have a seat.

 

[Jedijax719]

People who keep looking at TLM as being THE bomb of the year are being disingenuous. Yeah, there have been a few huge hits since the pandemic, but not many. Most movies lately have faltered and have performed lower than expectations. TLM is just one of the many struggling to adapt to the post-pandemic "it will be on streaming soon" mindset afflicting all studios. These are dark times for movie theaters. But the irony is that one of the biggest reasons for that (depending on how the writers strike turns out) could be a bright time for new material on streaming.

 

[Tha Realest]

I do not believe that I was talking to you. Have a seat.

I don’t have to listen to you, but if I need to take a seat there’s plenty available at current showings of The Little Mermaid and Elemental.

 

[BuddyThomas]

People who keep looking at TLM as being THE bomb of the year are being disingenuous. Yeah, there have been a few huge hits since the pandemic, but not many. Most movies lately have faltered and have performed lower than expectations. TLM is just one of the many struggling to adapt to the post-pandemic "it will be on streaming soon" mindset afflicting all studios. These are dark times for movie theaters. Period.

Thank you. Expertly stated. The Disney Hate Club on here is pathetic. Since everyone on here likes to use initials, I’ll refer to them as the DHC going forward.

 

[BuddyThomas]

I don’t have to listen to you, but if I need to take a seat there’s plenty available at current showings of The Little Mermaid and Elemental.

What a trollish comment.

 

[Disney Irish]

People who keep looking at TLM as being THE bomb of the year are being disingenuous. Yeah, there have been a few huge hits since the pandemic, but not many. Most movies lately have faltered and have performed lower than expectations. TLM is just one of the many struggling to adapt to the post-pandemic "it will be on streaming soon" mindset afflicting all studios. These are dark times for movie theaters. Period.

And if people really wanted to have an honest discussion about budgets they'd realize that all these budget were approve prior to pandemic. Post-pandemic budgets are going to be a lot less, but we won't know for another year or two before the new films start coming out what they actually will be.

 

[Jedijax719]

And if people really wanted to have an honest discussion about budgets they'd realize that all these budget were approve prior to pandemic. Post-pandemic budgets are going to be a lot less, but we won't know for another year or two before the new films start coming out what they actually will be.

And possibly longer considering that anything that isn't heavy into production will be delayed due to the strike. Unless I am mistaken.

 

[BuddyThomas]

And if people really wanted to have an honest discussion about budgets they'd realize that all these budget were approve prior to pandemic. Post-pandemic budgets are going to be a lot less, but we won't know for another year or two before the new films start coming out what they actually will be.

They don’t want to have an honest conversation. They just want to troll, troll, and troll some more.

 

[BuddyThomas]

And possibly longer considering that anything that isn't heavy into production will be delayed due to the strike. Unless I am mistaken.

You’re not mistaken at all.

 

[Disney Irish]

And possibly longer considering that anything that isn't heavy into production will be delayed due to the strike. Unless I am mistaken.

Absolutely correct, its going to take Hollywood quite a long time to truly come back to the pre-pandemic days if ever, ie its not just a Disney problem.