The Little MermaidFollow

Name: The Little Mermaid
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Released: 1989
Cast: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Pat Carroll, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Kenneth Mars

1989 • 1h 23m • Adventure, Animation, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy.

🍅 92% 88%

3.71

7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$235.00M

$159.00M international

Domestic legs30.0x

Budget$40.0M

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Cast & crew

Directed byJohn Musker, Ron Clements ScreenplayJohn Musker, Ron Clements Produced byHoward Ashman, John Musker MusicAlan Menken StarringJodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Pat Carroll, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Kenneth Mars, Buddy Hackett StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 17-19 3 $6.0M — 994 $6,068 $6.0M

2 Nov 24-26 3 $8.4M +39.0% 999 $8,393 $16.8M

3 Dec 1-3 5 $4.0M −51.9% 999 $4,034 $22.1M

4 Dec 8-10 7 $2.8M −31.4% 999 $2,766 $25.7M

5 Dec 15-17 4 $2.5M −8.7% 1,249 $2,019 $28.9M

6 Dec 22-25 6 $3.3M +31.6% 1,513 $2,194 $34.1M

7 Dec 29-Jan 1 3 $9.2M +178.2% 1,521 $6,072 $49.4M

8 Jan 5-7 5 $4.6M −50.4% 1,521 $3,014 $56.1M

9 Jan 12-14 6 $3.9M −16.0% 1,521 $2,532 $60.9M

10 Jan 19-21 8 $2.8M −26.7% 1,533 $1,842 $65.2M

11 Jan 26-28 9 $2.2M −23.0% 1,530 $1,421 $68.1M

12 Feb 2-4 12 $1.9M −14.2% 1,457 $1,281 $70.4M

13 Feb 9-11 12 $1.3M −28.2% 1,323 $1,013 $72.1M

14 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 9 $1.8M +32.4% 1,325 $1,339 $74.3M

15 Feb 23-25 11 $1.0M −40.9% 1,157 $906 $75.7M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8M

$6.0M

$8.4M

$4.0M

$2.8M

$2.5M

$3.3M

$9.2M

$4.6M

$3.9M

$2.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.7%

+39.0%

W1→2

−51.9%

W2→3

−31.4%

W3→4

−8.7%

W4→5

+31.6%

W5→6

+178.2%

W6→7

−50.4%

W7→8

−16.0%

W8→9

−26.7%

W9→10

Steepest −51.9%Biggest gain +178.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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