🧜♀️💰 “Under the Sea” Under the Green: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Tidal Waves Past Competition, Projected to Net a Whopping $125M+ Memorial Day Splash! 💦
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Disney’s live-action remake of ‘The Little Mermaid’ 🐠 is making serious waves this Memorial Day weekend, projecting a possible $125 million-plus debut 🎥🎉. This could land the aquatic adventure as the fourth-biggest holiday opening of all time 🎆. In a sea of remakes, will this be the one that truly sails? Or are we just hooked on nostalgia? 🎣🤔
“Under the Sea” is looking more like “under the green” this Memorial Day weekend, with Disney’s live-action version of ‘The Little Mermaid’ making some serious ocean-sized waves in the box office. Our gal Ariel 🧜♀️, played by Halle Bailey, looks to be netting a cool $125 million-plus debut. With those kind of numbers, we’re not just talking fish-food here folks; this could land her as the fourth-biggest holiday opening of all time! 🍾💰
Served up by director Rob Marshall, the film also stars the likes of Melissa McCarthy as the wickedly awesome sea witch Ursula 🐙, and Jonah Hauer-King as the dreamy Prince Eric 🤴. And let’s not forget a cast ensemble with big names like Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Javier Bardem, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni and Art Malik. With a team like that, who needs a trident? 🔱
But the “tale” isn’t all about money and star-studded casts. Let’s talk about Bailey’s performance, which despite a racist backlash on social media, has been hailed by critics. The question is, will the audience let the controversy overshadow Ariel’s on-screen magic? 😔✨🧜♀️
Looking back, it seems our favourite half-human, half-fish heroine is in good company, with last year’s Top Gun: Maverick scoring the biggest Memorial Day opening of all time at $160.5 million 💵✈️. Other big fish in the pond include 2007’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($153 million) and 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($152 million). So, will Ariel be able to swim her way past these heavyweights or will she end up as fish food? 🎬🍿
But hey, don’t let’s just sing about the local waters, the little mermaid is making a global splash too. Overseas, Ariel is expected to net a good $80 million through Sunday. 🌏💰 Can Ariel ride this tidal wave of success all the way to the top? Or will some other fish in the sea steal the spotlight? 🐠🔦
On the other side of the ocean, Universal’s Fast X seems to be moving at its own pace, easily coming in No. 2 and crossing the $500 million mark at the global box office in its first 12 days of release. 🏎️💨💸 Not too shabby, huh?
As for Legendary and Screen Gems’ action-comedy The Machine and Robert De Niro’s comedy About My Father, they are also opening nationwide but aren’t projected to make big splashes. In the sea of blockbusters, will these two manage to stay afloat? 🚣♂️🤷♀️
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