THE LITTLE MERMAID WEEKEND THREAD

[TwoMisfits]

57 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

Mermaid walkups yesterday was lower than what I expected but its till over indexed big time at MTC1 !!! It has to pick up in other markets for solid increase. Otherwise Saturday will be meh for sure(relative to expectations. Overall its still great number). 

 

What's your worst case (and best case) for Saturday?  In line with Deadline's Saturday estimate?

[LVB]

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Edited May 27, 2023 by LVB

[grey ghost]

1 hour ago, Issac Newton said:

SATURDAY AM: Disney’s The Little Mermaid is staying on its great course, maintaining that $38M Friday (which includes previews) for what is shaping up to be an estimated $104M 3-day and a 4-day between $120M-$130M. At that upper part of that threshold, the pic is the third best opening for a movie over Memorial Day weekend

 

Audience exits are great with an A CinemaScore (same grade as Disney’s live-action Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King). Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak notched 91% positive and a 76% definite recommend while kids under 12 were over the moon at 92% positive and a 69% definite recommend. Natch, heavy female leaning at 68% with 61% between 18-34 and the largest demo being 25-34 year olds at 35%. Diversity demos strong across the board with 35% Black, 25% Latino and Hispanic, 26% Caucasian and 11% Asian.

 

African American women are fighting to get this to 700m worldwide.

 

It's a really impressive rally of support. 

 

Also it says alot that a movie can be a blockbuster with 74% of audience consisting of minorities. 

[THUNDER BIRD]

12 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

How many are available?

 

I mean in the 2000's you had Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Slumdog Millionaire, and Life of Pi.

 

 

Life of Pi wasn't Asian movie, it wasn't even movie with Asian leads.

 

Actors are British or from Hollywood, certainly not from India.

[Kon]

27 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

Locally people keep calling the movie "Little Maid" instead of little mermaid. The backlash is so horrible to the point that people actively calling people to avoid this movie in real life!

 

But the WOM from those people who actually saw the movie has been great. Local review gave a positive reviews by saying "If you can overlook the the cast, the movie itself is worthy adaptation" Still, the cast choice is universally bashed but to be fair the criticism was not directly aimed at Halle.  

 

Are we sure this criticism is not directly aimed at Halle?

 

I mean, she is the main lead of the movie. Also, unfortunately, the bashing to the cast is often directed to her.

[grey ghost]

7 minutes ago, THUNDER BIRD said:

Life of Pi wasn't Asian movie, it wasn't even movie with Asian leads.

 

Actors are British or from Hollywood, certainly not from India.

 

It doesn't matter where Haily was from though.

 

If we're doing an apple to apple comparison.

 

Americans will support a movie with an Asian lead. Hollywood needs to take that leap more often.

[Valonqar]

28 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

Still it's crazy that TLM is being treated like a movie with a majority black cast.

 

Not by white audience. It's that black audience is showing up in bigger share than usual. Audience share doesn't necessarily mean this demo shows up less, it also means that demo shows up more. 

[THUNDER BIRD]

5 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

It doesn't matter where Haily was from though.

 

If we're doing an apple to apple comparison.

 

Americans will support a movie with an Asian lead. Hollywood needs to take that leap more often.

@charlie Jatinder didn't say Asian leads, he said Asian Movies, there's a difference.

 

We are being judged for not watching a Hollywood movie, I'm sure the numbers of Hollywood movies which have done Blockbuster Business here is more than Indian movies doing same in the States if we take out Indian Disapora.

[Issac Newton]

8 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

It doesn't matter where Haily was from though.

 

If we're doing an apple to apple comparison.

 

Americans will support a movie with an Asian lead. Hollywood needs to take that leap more often.

First give an Asian Film $100M in America at 2020s then speak about racism and all negative narrative on Asian Countries.

[Kon]

2 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

 

Not by white audience. It's that black audience is showing up in bigger share than usual. Audience share doesn't necessarily mean this demo shows up less, it also means that demo shows up more. 

We don't know that. It's pretty possible the white audience is showing up in smaller share than usual too.

[Issac Newton]

This is too much now. Anyone attacking Asian Countries for being turning down black lead should 1st see how they support Asian Film. Either give us our $100M Film or just stop speaking bullshit about Asia.

[THUNDER BIRD]

It's extremely funny.

 

90% of Western knowledge about Indian cinema starts & ends with RRR and yet somehow we are to blame if we didn't watch one of their movie.

 

We just made Fast X a Hit in India when our own movies are struggling to get Hit verdict.

 

India's second biggest star just had his movie released on one of India's biggest festival and it'll do less than Fast X. 

 

[grey ghost]

4 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

 

Not by white audience. It's that black audience is showing up in bigger share than usual. Audience share doesn't necessarily mean this demo shows up less, it also means that demo shows up more. 

 

Um then how do you explain the Latinos (25%) and Asians (11%) showing up consistent with their population shares?

[grey ghost]

9 minutes ago, THUNDER BIRD said:

@charlie Jatinder didn't say Asian leads, he said Asian Movies, there's a difference.

 

We are being judged for not watching a Hollywood movie, I'm sure the numbers of Hollywood movies which have done Blockbuster Business here is more than Indian movies doing same in the States if we take out Indian Disapora.

 

But Asian countries have no problem watching Hollywood movies.

[Kon]

10 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

First give an Asian Film $100M in America at 2020s then speak about racism and all negative narrative on Asian Countries.

I don't think Asian countries owe audience to Hollywood at all. As you say, Americans doesn't seem so interested in Asian films either.

 

However, it's interesting that Asian countries are rejecting so much the Disney Fairy Tale movie with a black female lead, since it doesn't happened with the previous Disney Fairy Tale movies.

Edited May 27, 2023 by Kon

[grey ghost]

5 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

This is too much now. Anyone attacking Asian Countries for being turning down black lead should 1st see how they support Asian Film. Either give us our $100M Film or just stop speaking bullshit about Asia.

 

Asians fully support Hollywood movies all the time though.

 

It's the lead who is the issue.

 

Americans watch Asian lead movies from Joy Luck Club to Jackie Chan to Crazy Rich Asians.

[THUNDER BIRD]

3 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

But Asian countries have no problem watching Hollywood movies.

Yes we don't have any issues in watching English movies.

 

We watch in which we are interested in, we don't watch which we aren't interested in. It's simple.

 

 

[monsterlife]

Just now, Kon said:

I don't think Asian countries owe audience to Hollywood. As you say, Americans doesn't seem so interested in Asian films either.

 

However, it's interesting that Asian countries are rejecting so much the Disney Fairy Tale movie with a black female lead, since it doesn't happened with the previous Disney Fairy Tale movies.

It's very possible that they only like the red hair, white Ariel. It's what she look like in disney cartoons. Would you really fault the audience if they don't like the change? 

[Issac Newton]

2 minutes ago, Kon said:

However, it's interesting that Asian countries are rejecting so much the Disney Fairy Tale movie with a black female lead, since it doesn't happened with the previous Disney Fairy Tale movies.

Why are you going around with the same argument

 

3 minutes ago, Kon said:

I don't think Asian countries owe audience to Hollywood at all. As you say, Americans doesn't seem so interested in Asian films either.

If you know this why would you have bothered about Asia turndowns on Mermaid. Shouldn't have bothered you. 

[Boxx93]

So if reviews are bad... they are racist alt right trolls review bombing.

 

If reviews are good... they are bough Disney woke shill.

 

Fucking hell man, you can't win either way. Stop acting like petty children. If you like, you like it, if you don't, you don't. It's just another damn mediocre Live Action Disney movie, it's not worth the fight.