The Little Mermaid plunges at the global box office on its opening weekend

The little Mermaid It has already been released worldwide and the number could not be less favorable in its ticket officedue to a strange phenomenon.

In the United States, The Little Mermaid is a resounding success. with an estimated box office of 117.5 million dollars (2 billion pesos)with a view to rising to 120 million dollars (2.1 thousand million pesos).

However, the rest of the world has despised the new remake of Disneysince its box office is below 100 million dollars in its first 4 days on the billboard.

The international market has remake with 68.3 million dollars (1.2 billion pesos)being one of the worst premieres of a Disney live-action in recent years.

All told, The Little Mermaid will make about $185.8 million ($3.2 billion) in total over its opening weekend, which makes the movie the big flop of the season.

Why is The Little Mermaid a worldwide flop?

Although a great reception was not expected for The little Mermaid outside USAthe worldwide box office numbers are below expectations.

Traditionally strong territories for Disney, such as Europe and Latin America, are not delivering the expected revenue for The Little Mermaid.

But the biggest problem has been Chinawhere interest in this remake has not been generated, to the extent that only 2.5 million dollars (44 million pesos).

In fact, Asia in general has turned its back on the production of Disney; the Chinese market would be the best for the film.

Curiously, Mexico is the second strongest country for The Little Mermaid after the United States, with a box office of $8.5 million ($149 million).

In our country it is shaping up to be one of the best premieres so far this year.

The Little Mermaid would recover its box office in the coming weeks

The outlook does not look very encouraging for The little Mermaid in the coming weeks, with a ticket office that might not recover due to upcoming releases.

They will be released consecutively. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseTransformers: Rise of the Beasts and The Flash.

Movies that, to a greater or lesser extent, will take audience away from The Little Mermaid; just the franchise transformers is better positioned in China than almost all of Disney.

With a cost of 200 million dollars (3.5 billion pesos), The Little Mermaid has to make at least 600 million dollars (10 thousand million pesos) to be “tables”; which seems very difficult right now.

With information from Deadline.