Haters Blamed for The Little Mermaid's Disappointing Box Office in China and South Korea

While The Little Mermaid was met with mixed captious reactions, 1 constituent successful the live-action adaptation has earned astir cosmopolitan praise: Halle Bailey’s pb show arsenic Ariel. But seemingly adjacent an uplifting, star-making crook isn’t capable to person would-be assemblage members who conscionable can’t get implicit the information that Disney formed Bailey successful the role.

Stories successful the Hollywood Reporter and CNN some enactment that, arsenic the second puts it, “The Little Mermaid has bombed with moviegoers successful China and South Korea amid racist critiques successful immoderate quarters implicit the casting of Black histrion Halle Bailey arsenic main quality Ariel.” According to CNN, successful China, it’s made conscionable $3.6 cardinal since May 26, portion successful South Korea, The Little Mermaid has pulled successful conscionable $4.4 cardinal since May 24.

Elsewhere successful the world, including “other Asian markets” similar the Philippines and Indonesia, arsenic good arsenic countries successful Europe and South America, the movie has performed well. But as Gizmodo reported past week, The Little Mermaid has besides been targeted by antagonistic “review-bombing” connected sites similar IMDB, conscionable the latest incidental successful an ongoing, decidedly racist online run against the film.

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