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In the United States, ‘The Little Mermaid’ grossed $95.5 million.
China is one of the countries where live action has not had a good response.
Halle Bailey, actress who stars in the live action from ‘The Little Mermaid’ shared through her TikTok account that he infiltrated a conventional movie theater to be able to see his film project again.
He remake of the animated film, despite its detractors, has been a success at the United States box office, surpassing Fast and Furious 10. During its first weekend on the billboard, it raised 95.5 million dollars in its debut in the United States and 117.5 million for the next three days; it has even surpassed the live action of ‘Aladdin’ that premiered four years ago.
In Mexico, ‘The Little Mermaid’ has managed to obtain 8 million dollars a few days after its premiere. While globally it achieved 68.5 million over the weekend.
However, not in all countries it has been well received, since in China was a historic failure, raising just 2.63 million dollars throughout the weekend.
On the other hand, the new film had a very careful production regarding Halle Bailey in her role, since in order to respect her Afro-descendant roots, Disney made the decision to adapt a hair style that was consistent with her skin tone. without losing the characteristic reddish tone of the animated version of the mermaid, which is why they chose to use waist-length dreadlocks and, through digital animation, add other strands to create a natural movement as if it were in the water; the cost of Ariel’s hair was 150 thousand dollarstold the head of production styling, Camille Friend.
The songs that appear in the film were recorded with an orchestra of 100 musicians in the famous AIR Studios From london. “It was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life,” Halle Bailey recalled in statements to Disney.
Halle Bailey infiltrates a cinema
The young actress shared a video on her TikTok account where she appears fully covered to go in to see ‘The Little Mermaid’, her outfits It consisted of black glasses, face masks and a long black raincoat.
At first you can see girls taking photos in front of the promotional live action, then Halle appears waving at the camera and walking into the movie theater holding her popcorn. In another shot she is inside the room watching some scenes, without apparently having been recognized by any attendee.
The publication already has more than 4 million views and hundreds of comments, most of which congratulate the actress for the work she did in this adaptation.
“I can’t believe ‘The Little Mermaid’ is the #1 movie in the world guys! I went to the theater to go see it last night,” Bailey said.
@hallebailey can’t believe the little mermaid is the #1 ♬ Part of Your World – From “The Little Mermaid” – Halle
Likewise, in another of the interviews that Halle gave for the promotion of ‘The Little Mermaid’, he expressed his feelings when he saw her for the first time:
“I saw her for the first time alone in the cinema and for the first 20 minutes I was with my mouth open between tears. I couldn’t stop crying because I consider myself a musician and singer before anything else, I had never seen myself on the big screen”.
