The movie “The Little Mermaid” surpassed “Aladdin” to become No. 1 in the United States in the first three days of box office revenue! Released in Japan on June 9-GAME Watch

Walt Disney Japan announced that the live-action movie “The Little Mermaid”, which is scheduled to be released on June 9, will receive approximately $95.5 million in box office revenue for the first three days in the United States (* Japanese yen: approximately 13.3 billion yen. ) was recorded.

Prior to Japan, the movie “The Little Mermaid” was released in the United States on May 26 (local time). The live-action movie “Aladdin” released in 2019 recorded a US opening of about $91.5 million, but “The Little Mermaid” surpassed that record and became No. 1 in the US. In addition, the final box office revenue of the live-action movie “Aladdin” was about 1.05 billion dollars (about 147 billion yen) worldwide, and the final box office revenue in Japan was 12 billion yen (1 dollar = 140 yen = 5 As of March 29 *Based on Box Office Mojo research).

It is said that many reviews say, “Disney’s best live-action movie ever!” “Harry’s voice is both gentle and powerful!” And, regarding Harry Bailey’s performance, he praised, “Harry who played Ariel shined brighter than the sun” and “With Harry, Disney has all the good reasons to remake this masterpiece.” Reviews are also collected. It also received a high score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, a US movie review website.
(*The Rotten Tomatoes numbers are the scores as of May 29, when the release was distributed.)

Movie “The Little Mermaid”

Original title: The Little Mermaid
Director: Rob Marshall
Music: Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cast: Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hauer-King, David Diggs, Awkwafina, Javier Bardem
Distributor: Walt Disney Japan
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