THE LITTLE MERMAID WEEKEND THREAD

[grey ghost]

So it seems who ever has a shot at 375m DOM can win the domestic summer crown and whoever has a shot at 750m WW can win the worldwide summer crown.

 

Which summer movies have the best chance?

 

 

Edited May 27, 2023 by grey ghost

[JohnnyGossamer]

15 minutes ago, Flopped said:

What's everyone's top 10 movies of 1989? 

Mine: 

 

1. When Harry Met Sally 

2. The Little Mermaid 

3. Do the Right Thing 

4. Say Anything 

5. Crimes & Misdemeanors 

6.  Dead Calm 

7. Heathers 

8. Parenthood 

9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 

10. Lethal Weapon 2 

[Flopped]

1 minute ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

 

Oh shit I do love that one too. I forgot about it. 

[JohnnyGossamer]

8 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

So it seems who ever has a shot at 375m DOM can win the domestic summer crown and whoever has a shot at 750m WW can win the worldwide summer crown.

 

Which summer movies have the best chance?

 

 

Isn't Guardian's going to cross 750M+ WW somewhat comfortably? Or, maybe, it's 5/5 release date keeps it from being a summer blockbuster?

[Boxx93]

53 minutes ago, Torontofan said:

Was the original little mermaid even popular overseas like Aladin and other Disney princess stories?

Yes. In its initial release the movie made 100 million dollars overseas. 84 million domestically. Thats an 46/54 DOM/OS ratio.

 

I think the VHS copies sold like hotcakes in LATAM and European countries.

[JohnnyGossamer]

Just now, Flopped said:

 

Oh shit I do love that one too. I forgot about it. 

Uncle Buck, Major League and The Wizard were fun that year too. I think Dead Poets might be that year too.

[Flopped]

57 minutes ago, Torontofan said:

Was the original little mermaid even popular overseas like Aladin and other Disney princess stories?

 

Yes as someone said it made 100M+ overseas which for 1989 was meaningful. But keep in mind that in 1989 animation had been flopping for years and was seen as silly kids' suff. So Mermaid had a real uphill battle. Despite the gushing praise from critics and stellar wom, some people were simply not going to see "a cartoon" in theatres. 

 

Mermaid walked so Beauty, Aladdin and Lion King could run. Their successes were built off of Ariel's back. 

[Flopped]

2 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Uncle Buck, Major League and The Wizard were fun that year too. I think Dead Poets might be that year too.

It was. Gosh, even the bad movies were fun. She-Devil is more entertaining than basically any Netflix original movie. I actually forgot War of the Roses, which would make my top 5. 

[4815162342]

41 minutes ago, filmscholar said:

1989 these movies came out:

Batman 89 (first movie)

Ghostbuster 2 (Sequel)

Indy and The Last Crusade (Sequel)

The Little Mermaid (Stand alone)

 

2023 these movies are releasing:

Flash (First Flash movie, Keaton is featured in the film from Batman 89)

Ghostbusters Afterlife 2 is coming (Sequel)

Indy 5 (Sequel)

The Little Mermaid (Stand Alone Remake)

 

 

 

1989- Back to the Future Part II

 

2023- Back to the Future the Musicial debuts on Broadway

[grey ghost]

16 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Isn't Guardian's going to cross 750M+ WW somewhat comfortably? Or, maybe, it's 5/5 release date keeps it from being a summer blockbuster?

 

Nah I think it counts as a summer movie.

[thajdikt]

1 hour ago, CJohn said:

Just here to say GotG3 is slaying so hard. Shame that Spider-Verse and The Flash will affect its legs a lot.

 

 

Think Vol 3 will be fine tbh

[Liiviig 1998]

Summer  Domestic crown  is between TLM  and ATSV.

WW crown MI7 or GOTG3

 

[grey ghost]

Top 10 from 89...

 

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 

Glory
Lethal Weapon 2 
Major League
Skin Deep
Three Fugitives
Born on the 4th of July
The Mighty Quinn
Parenthood
War of the Roses

Edited May 27, 2023 by grey ghost

[Flopped]

Love finding these oldies on YouTube 

 

 

[MovieMan89]

51 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

So it seems who ever has a shot at 375m DOM can win the domestic summer crown and whoever has a shot at 750m WW can win the worldwide summer crown.

 

Which summer movies have the best chance?

 

 

Still don’t buy this. That would basically give us the worst summer #1 admissions ever by a pretty disastrous amount (obviously 2020/21 don’t count). Something will easily clear 400+ imo, and looking more and more likely to be Barbie if you ask me. I guess we really shouldn’t all be counting MI out either given a possible TGM effect and a decade of franchise goodwill, but still seems hard to buy. 

Edited May 27, 2023 by MovieMan89

[MovieMan89]

Fallout probably gets close to 300mil DOM with inflation and current PLC shares. So 400 may not be so crazy for MI after all when you add in Cruise momentum and franchise momentum from being so well regarded for so long now. 

[Joel M]

It was fine. Much better than BatB, but imo Aladdin is easily the best of the big-4 renaissance remakes. 

[Killimano3]

I liked BatB fine enough, and jungle book was great, but honestly the lion king remake was probably the most soulless disappointing film I've ever seen. I was so hype cause the cast seemed great, especially Donald Glover, but man was absolutely no emotion delivered from any of those actors. Most phoned in performances I've ever seen.

[MovieMan89]

TLK remake is the death of art in all its forms. Destroy it from existence, humanity’s conscious memory. Never go there, Simba. 

[Michael Gary Scott]

2 hours ago, CJohn said:

Just here to say GotG3 is slaying so hard. Shame that Spider-Verse and The Flash will affect its legs a lot.

 

Fast 11 needs to cost 200M at best and needs to be an ending. No more nonsense Vin.

But he keeps talking about all the spinoffs he's going to make lol