<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-goes-woke-with-lyrics-in-new-little-mermaid-songs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;The Little Mermaid</a>&#8221; pre-ticket sales are currently showing the movie could be the worst-performing Disney release in 2023 in China with current sales sitting at $13,000 after 3 days of presales ahead of the opening on May 25.</p>
<p>Chinese box officer observers like Luiz Fernando tweeted on Sunday that ticket sales for the live-action remake of the popular animated 1989 classic film suggested there&#8217;s a lack of interest in China from moviegoers, <a href="https://www.cbr.com/the-little-mermaid-box-office-china-prediction/#:~:text=According%20to%20Chinese%20box%20officer,of%20interest%20from%20China's%20moviegoers.">ComicBookResources.com</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Meanwhile in China&#8217;s BoxOffice, ticket pre-sales for TheLittleMermaid show no signs of reaction,&#8221; Fernando tweeted. &#8220;Disney liveaction finished SUN with a scary $13k total after 3 days of pre-sales, for the whole MAY 25-28 period.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Meanwhile in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#China</a>’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoxOffice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BoxOffice</a>, ticket pre-sales for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLittleMermaid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheLittleMermaid</a> show no signs of reaction.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Disney?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Disney</a> liveaction finished SUN with a scary $13k total after 3 days of pre-sales, for the whole MAY 25-28 period.<br />Could be the worst opening ever for Hollywood tentpole in China. <a href="https://t.co/EMCDjyDFYP">pic.twitter.com/EMCDjyDFYP</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) <a href="https://twitter.com/Luiz_Fernando_J/status/1660318944920477696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Could be the worst opening ever for Hollywood tentpole in China,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Hollywood has struggled to get films released in China since the pandemic with a virtual ban on films from the West until the country lifted its stringent &#8220;Zero-COVID&#8221; policy and amid reports that theaters were on the verge of bankruptcy, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>The last live-action adaptation to hit Chinese theaters was Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Cruella&#8221; in 2021, the report noted. The film grossed $1.6 million on opening weekend and ended up making $24 million during its run in China.</p>
<p>At this point, it is still unclear how Disney&#8217;s mermaid film will do worldwide, but <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/the-little-mermaid-screening-rob-marshall-halle-bailey-1235601354/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">early movie reviews</a> in the U.S. have been mixed.</p>
<p>Variety contributor Simon Thompson wrote, &#8220;Endearing but uneven, [&#8220;The Little Mermaid&#8221;] doesn&#8217;t deliver the magic of the animated classic, but there are plenty of creative touches from Rob Marshall to float the audience&#8217;s boats. Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy are great. Daveed Diggs and Awkwafina provide solid comic relief.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kirsten Acuna from Insider said the film is &#8220;filled with a few great performances from Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy, but it&#8217;s a mostly paint-by-numbers remake that isn&#8217;t as good as the animated masterpiece.&#8221;</p>
<p>While Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_little_mermaid_2023/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews">critic</a> Justin Chang wrote, &#8220;What&#8217;s on-screen too often feels like wan, second-rate imitation, and the few differences seem motivated less by a spirit of imagination than one of joyless anxiety.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Little Mermaid&#8221; hits theaters on May 26.</p>
<p><em>Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for kids’ entertainment content.</em></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/early-reviews-of-live-action-the-little-mermaid-arent-great-mostly-paint-by-numbers-remake">Early Reviews Of Live-Action &#8216;The Little Mermaid&#8217; Aren&#8217;t Great: &#8216;Mostly Paint-By-Numbers Remake&#8217;</a></strong></p>

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