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The Little MermaidFollow

2023 • PG • 2h 15m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$95.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$298.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$569.60M

Global total

Budget$240M

Domestic legs3.1x

2023 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Marshall filmography

Rob Marshall

Rob Marshall Director

Halle Bailey

Halle Bailey Starring

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy Starring

Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem Starring

ScreenplayDavid Magee, Jane Goldman Produced byMarc Platt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John DeLuca, Rob Marshall CinematographyDion Beebe MusicAlan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda Prod. DesignNatascha Bodel

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 26-28 1 $95.6M — 4,320 $22,125 $95.6M

2 Jun 2-4 2 $41.4M −56.7% 4,320 $9,580 $187.0M

3 Jun 9-11 3 $23.2M −44.1% 4,320 $5,359 $229.2M

4 Jun 16-18 5 $11.1M −52.3% 3,480 $3,176 $253.0M

5 Jun 23-25 7 $8.6M −22.6% 3,275 $2,612 $270.1M

6 Jun 30-2 7 $5.4M −36.9% 2,430 $2,219 $281.2M

7 Jul 7-9 9 $3.7M −31.6% 2,080 $1,774 $289.2M

8 Jul 14-16 10 $2.4M −35.0% 1,615 $1,486 $294.0M

9 Jul 21-23 11 $695.0K −71.0% 620 $1,121 $296.1M

10 Jul 28-30 16 $263.4K −62.1% 208 $1,266 $296.9M

11 Aug 4-6 22 $61.3K −76.7% 90 $681 $297.1M

12 Aug 11-13 20 $34.3K −44.0% 65 $527 $297.2M

13 Aug 18-20 23 $27.4K −20.1% 40 $685 $297.2M

14 Aug 25-27 18 $604.6K +2105.6% 1,600 $378 $297.9M

15 Sep 1-3 24 $86.1K −85.8% 251 $343 $298.1M

16 Sep 8-10 28 $10.0K −88.4% 45 $222 $298.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 26 #1 $38.1M — $38.1M 4,320 $8,831 1

Sat May 27 #1 $30.1M −21% $68.3M 4,320 $6,972 2

Sun May 28 #1 $27.3M −9% $95.6M 4,320 $6,322 3

Mon May 29 #1 $23.2M −15% $118.8M 4,320 $5,380 4

Tue May 30 #1 $11.5M −51% $130.3M 4,320 $2,654 5

Wed May 31 #1 $8.3M −28% $138.6M 4,320 $1,921 6

Thu Jun 1 #1 $7.0M −15% $145.6M 4,320 $1,626 7

Fri Jun 2 #2 $11.9M +69% −69% $157.5M 4,320 $2,744 8

Sat Jun 3 #2 $16.3M +37% −46% $173.7M 4,320 $3,765 9

Sun Jun 4 #2 $13.3M −18% −51% $187.0M 4,320 $3,071 10

Mon Jun 5 #2 $4.6M −66% −80% $191.6M 4,320 $1,057 11

Tue Jun 6 #2 $6.1M +33% −47% $197.6M 4,320 $1,405 12

Wed Jun 7 #2 $4.3M −29% −48% $201.9M 4,320 $996 13

Thu Jun 8 #2 $4.1M −5% −42% $206.0M 4,320 $946 14

Fri Jun 9 #3 $6.9M +69% −42% $212.9M 4,320 $1,596 15

Sat Jun 10 #3 $8.9M +29% −45% $221.8M 4,320 $2,053 16

Sun Jun 11 #3 $7.4M −17% −44% $229.2M 4,320 $1,709 17

Mon Jun 12 #3 $3.1M −57% −31% $232.3M 4,320 $729 18

Tue Jun 13 #3 $4.1M +29% −33% $236.4M 4,320 $941 19

Wed Jun 14 #3 $3.0M −25% −29% $239.4M 4,320 $702 20

Thu Jun 15 #3 $2.5M −16% −38% $242.0M 4,320 $588 21

Fri Jun 16 #5 $3.8M +48% −45% $245.7M 3,480 $1,081 22

Sat Jun 17 #5 $4.4M +18% −50% $250.1M 3,480 $1,271 23

Sun Jun 18 #5 $2.9M −35% −61% $253.0M 3,480 $824 24

Mon Jun 19 #5 $2.7M −6% −14% $255.7M 3,480 $778 25

Tue Jun 20 #5 $2.3M −16% −44% $258.0M 3,480 $652 26

Wed Jun 21 #5 $1.8M −19% −39% $259.8M 3,480 $528 27

Thu Jun 22 #5 $1.7M −5% −31% $261.6M 3,480 $502 28

Fri Jun 23 #7 $2.6M +51% −30% $264.2M 3,275 $806 29

Sat Jun 24 #6 $3.4M +28% −24% $267.6M 3,275 $1,033 30

Sun Jun 25 #6 $2.5M −25% −12% $270.1M 3,275 $772 31

Mon Jun 26 #6 $1.3M −48% −51% $271.4M 3,275 $403 32

Tue Jun 27 #6 $1.8M +36% −21% $273.2M 3,275 $548 33

Wed Jun 28 #5 $1.4M −23% −24% $274.6M 3,275 $424 34

Thu Jun 29 #4 $1.2M −12% −30% $275.8M 3,275 $374 35

Fri Jun 30 #7 $1.6M +27% −41% $277.4M 2,430 $642 36

Sat Jul 1 #7 $1.9M +20% −45% $279.3M 2,430 $772 37

Sun Jul 2 #6 $2.0M +4% −23% $281.2M 2,430 $805 38

Mon Jul 3 #6 $1.4M −29% +6% $282.6M 2,430 $574 39

Tue Jul 4 #7 $1.2M −16% −35% $283.8M 2,430 $481 40

Wed Jul 5 #7 $888.1K −24% −36% $284.7M 2,430 $365 41

Thu Jul 6 #7 $845.9K −5% −31% $285.5M 2,430 $348 42

Fri Jul 7 #9 $1.1M +29% −30% $286.6M 2,080 $523 43

Sat Jul 8 #9 $1.4M +32% −24% $288.1M 2,080 $690 44

Sun Jul 9 #9 $1.2M −19% −40% $289.2M 2,080 $560 45

Mon Jul 10 #8 $635.3K −46% −54% $289.9M 2,080 $305 46

Tue Jul 11 #9 $658.8K +4% −44% $290.5M 2,080 $317 47

Wed Jul 12 #9 $518.7K −21% −42% $291.0M 2,080 $249 48

Thu Jul 13 #9 $525.1K +1% −38% $291.6M 2,080 $252 49

Fri Jul 14 #10 $659.6K +26% −39% $292.2M 1,615 $408 50

Sat Jul 15 #10 $930.0K +41% −35% $293.2M 1,615 $576 51

Sun Jul 16 #10 $809.8K −13% −31% $294.0M 1,615 $501 52

Mon Jul 17 #10 $348.9K −57% −45% $294.3M 1,615 $216 53

Tue Jul 18 #10 $480.6K +38% −27% $294.8M 1,615 $298 54

Wed Jul 19 #9 $373.5K −22% −28% $295.2M 1,615 $231 55

Thu Jul 20 #8 $243.6K −35% −54% $295.4M 1,615 $151 56

Fri Jul 21 #11 $200.7K −18% −70% $295.6M 620 $324 57

Sat Jul 22 #11 $262.1K +31% −72% $295.9M 620 $423 58

Sun Jul 23 #11 $232.1K −11% −71% $296.1M 620 $374 59

Mon Jul 24 #11 $127.0K −45% −64% $296.2M 620 $205 60

Tue Jul 25 #10 $163.3K +29% −66% $296.4M 620 $263 61

Wed Jul 26 #10 $137.7K −16% −63% $296.5M 620 $222 62

Thu Jul 27 #10 $109.2K −21% −55% $296.6M 620 $176 63

Fri Jul 28 #16 $74.8K −32% −63% $296.7M 208 $360 64

Sat Jul 29 #16 $109.7K +47% −58% $296.8M 208 $528 65

Sun Jul 30 #15 $78.9K −28% −66% $296.9M 208 $379 66

Mon Jul 31 #15 $38.8K −51% −69% $296.9M 208 $187 67

Tue Aug 1 #14 $42.5K +10% −74% $297.0M 208 $205 68

Wed Aug 2 #15 $26.9K −37% −80% $297.0M 208 $129 69

Thu Aug 3 #14 $35.3K +31% −68% $297.1M 208 $170 70

Fri Aug 4 #22 $16.1K −54% −78% $297.1M 90 $179 71

Sat Aug 5 #22 $24.2K +50% −78% $297.1M 90 $268 72

Sun Aug 6 #20 $21.0K −13% −73% $297.1M 90 $233 73

Mon Aug 7 #19 $11.7K −44% −70% $297.1M 90 $130 74

Tue Aug 8 #18 $12.1K +3% −72% $297.1M 90 $134 75

Wed Aug 9 #19 $9.3K −23% −66% $297.1M 90 $103 76

Thu Aug 10 #19 $9.7K +5% −72% $297.2M 90 $108 77

Fri Aug 11 #20 $10.5K +8% −35% $297.2M 65 $162 78

Sat Aug 12 #20 $13.7K +31% −43% $297.2M 65 $211 79

Sun Aug 13 #20 $10.1K −27% −52% $297.2M 65 $155 80

Mon Aug 14 #21 $4.4K −57% −63% $297.2M 65 $67 81

Tue Aug 15 #22 $5.7K +30% −53% $297.2M 65 $88 82

Wed Aug 16 #21 $5.7K +0% −38% $297.2M 65 $88 83

Thu Aug 17 #20 $4.6K −19% −52% $297.2M 65 $71 84

Fri Aug 18 #23 $8.9K +92% −15% $297.2M 40 $223 85

Sat Aug 19 #23 $12.1K +36% −12% $297.2M 40 $303 86

Sun Aug 20 #23 $6.4K −47% −36% $297.2M 40 $160 87

Mon Aug 21 #25 $2.1K −67% −51% $297.2M 40 $53 88

Tue Aug 22 #27 $2.6K +24% −54% $297.2M 40 $66 89

Wed Aug 23 #26 $1.8K −31% −68% $297.2M 40 $45 90

Thu Aug 24 #28 $1.4K −20% −69% $297.2M 40 $36 91

Fri Aug 25 #18 $88.7K +6055% +896% $297.3M 1,600 $55 92

Sat Aug 26 #18 $150.7K +70% +1145% $297.5M 1,600 $94 93

Sun Aug 27 #16 $365.2K +142% +5605% $297.9M 1,600 $228 94

Mon Aug 28 #19 $44.9K −88% +2020% $297.9M 1,600 $28 95

Tue Aug 29 #19 $57.5K +28% +2095% $298.0M 1,600 $36 96

Wed Aug 30 #18 $53.0K −8% +2831% $298.0M 1,600 $33 97

Thu Aug 31 #18 $34.8K −34% +2313% $298.0M 1,600 $22 98

Fri Sep 1 #24 $20.5K −41% −77% $298.1M 251 $82 99

Sat Sep 2 #22 $34.3K +67% −77% $298.1M 251 $137 100

Sun Sep 3 #23 $31.2K −9% −91% $298.1M 251 $124 101

Mon Sep 4 #23 $21.6K −31% −52% $298.1M 251 $86 102

Tue Sep 5 #28 $4.9K −77% −91% $298.2M 251 $20 103

Wed Sep 6 #27 $4.6K −7% −91% $298.2M 251 $18 104

Thu Sep 7 #29 $2.6K −44% −93% $298.2M 251 $10 105

Fri Sep 8 #28 $2.5K −3% −88% $298.2M 45 $56 106

Sat Sep 9 #28 $5.9K +138% −83% $298.2M 45 $132 107

Sun Sep 10 #29 $1.5K −74% −95% $298.2M 45 $34 108

Mon Sep 11 #30 $477 −69% −98% $298.2M 45 $11 109

Tue Sep 12 #32 $316 −34% −94% $298.2M 45 $7 110

Wed Sep 13 #31 $320 +1% −93% $298.2M 45 $7 111

Thu Sep 14 #34 $415 +30% −84% $298.2M 45 $9 112

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$297.1M

May 26Jun 12Jun 30Jul 17Aug 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $263.4K

$95.6M

$41.4M

$23.2M

$11.1M

$8.6M

$5.4M

$3.7M

$2.4M

$695.0K

$263.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,320 → 208 −95.2%

4,320 open208 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −62.1%

−56.7%

W1→2

−44.1%

W2→3

−52.3%

W3→4

−22.6%

W4→5

−36.9%

W5→6

−31.6%

W6→7

−35.0%

W7→8

−71.0%

W8→9

−62.1%

W9→10

Steepest −71.0%Best hold −22.6%

Run milestones

$200M in 13 days

$100M

Day 4

May 29

$200M

Day 13

Jun 7

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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