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06-15-2023, 01:07 AM
The Little Mermaid may have just destroyed a $1 billion box office trend, causing many to wonder if Disney's live-action remakes will ever be able to recover. 2023's The Little Mermaid remake was supposed to be one of the biggest Disney movies of the year, with the film getting an immense amount of marketing and hype. However, the film has seemingly fallen flat, with The Little Mermaid not living up to many of Disney's other live-action remakes. Because of this, it could be possible that The Little Mermaid could be the final nail in the coffin of the trend of success for Disney's remakes.
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2023's The Little Mermaid remake is only the most recent instance of the company remaking a beloved animated classic in live-action. Although this release pattern has been going on for a while, it really got a second wind with the release of 2015's Cinderella, which showed that viewers were looking for live-action movies with very few changes from the original. Since then, Disney has released a litany of successful live-action remakes, with The Jungle Book, Aladdin, The Lion King, and more all released as part of this new initiative. Although it has previously worked out for Disney, The Little Mermaid is signaling that it won't work for much longer....
https://screenrant.com/the-little-mermaid-remake-box-office-disney-1-billion/
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2023's The Little Mermaid remake is only the most recent instance of the company remaking a beloved animated classic in live-action. Although this release pattern has been going on for a while, it really got a second wind with the release of 2015's Cinderella, which showed that viewers were looking for live-action movies with very few changes from the original. Since then, Disney has released a litany of successful live-action remakes, with The Jungle Book, Aladdin, The Lion King, and more all released as part of this new initiative. Although it has previously worked out for Disney, The Little Mermaid is signaling that it won't work for much longer....
https://screenrant.com/the-little-mermaid-remake-box-office-disney-1-billion/