“This might be because the Philippines is still re-ramping,” as the theatrical market continues to recover post-COVID, Pow says. Pow points out that the film is doing better than any other Hollywood fare this year, but it still won’t reach the heights of other Disney live-action remakes released in the Philippines pre-COVID - Aladdin earned $11 million there, and The Lion King took in $10.2 million. “ The Little Mermaid is a notable standout for the Philippines market this year,” says Rance Pow, president of Artisan Gateway, an exhibition industry consultancy specializing in Asia. “They really loved Halle Bailey’s performance as Ariel, and they really liked her as the new princess,” he says. In the Philippines, not only were such negative elements absent, but Bailey’s performance was widely embraced by Filipino filmgoers, according to Hsu. Disney has declined to comment on The Little Mermaid’s performance in those countries. In South Korea, Aladdin (2019) took $91 million and Beauty and the Beast (2017) brought in $37.5 million. The Jungle Book (2016) and The Lion King (2019) were outright blockbusters in China, earning $150 million and $120 million.
The film has earned just $3.6 million in China and $5 million in South Korea - a fraction of what other Disney live-action remakes have grossed in those markets. In the vastly larger markets of China and South Korea, The Little Mermaid has majorly underperformed amid a racist backlash on social media over the casting of Black actress Halle Bailey in the role of Ariel.
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