Global box office for The Little Mermaid reaches $500 million… despite middling reviews and racial backlash

Global box office for The Little Mermaid reaches 0 million… despite middling reviews and racial backlash

After a somewhat slow start at the box office, The Little Mermaid has reached a milestone of $500 million worldwide.

As Deadline reported, The Little Mermaid grossed an additional $8.6 million in its fifth weekend at the box office, along with $9.4 million overseas. Those figures bring its domestic total to $270.2 million and its foreign total to $229.1 million, for a worldwide total of $499.3 million.

According to reports, the film was produced on a $250 million budget, with reports claiming it would need to earn $560 million worldwide to break even, after a massive marketing campaign is taken into account.

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About The Little Mermaid (2023):

The Little Mermaidis a 2023 Americanmusicalfantasy filmdirected byRob Marshallfrom a screenplay written byDavid Magee. Co-produced byWalt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, andMarc Platt Productions, it is alive-action adaptationof Disney’s1989 animated film of the same name, itself loosely based on the 1837fairy tale of the same titlebyHans Christian Andersen. The film starsHalle Baileyinthe titular role, alongsideJonah Hauer-King,Daveed Diggs,Awkwafina,Jacob Tremblay,Noma Dumezweni,Art Malik,Javier BardemandMelissa McCarthy.