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The Little Mermaid vs. The Flash vs. Dial of Destiny -- Battle of the Flops!


Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Flash, and The Little Mermaid remake all recently came out in theaters and landed with a dull thud and ridicule on social media. They are now in a neck-and-neck horse race over which film will flop the hardest!

I'm not sure which one to bet on... they ALL suck SO badly and ruin iconic characters while trying to cash in on nostalgia for a beloved childhood film from 1989!

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Well, DC movie adaptations have sucked for a decade now, but The Flash is particularly vile given that Hollywood tried to sweep Ezra Miller's scandals under the rug to salvage his "starring" role in this movie, and that they shamelessly drag Michael Keaton into this mess and hope his name will bring butts into the theaters, after they did nothing but trash how "dated and cheesy" his Batman movies were during the "realistic Batman" Nolan era.

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'And I have never bothered or cared about the actors' personal lives as they act in movies, but I've also stopped reading about them since when they open their mouths with socio-political opinions, I almost always very disappointed.'

Ditto!

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I liked The Little Mermaid, it was not as good as the 1989 version, but still enjoyable. The Mermaid character was definitely not ruined.

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It didn't flop though.

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YES IT DID!

The Little Mermaid, initially expected to make $800m-$1B, then downgraded to make between $600m-$750m after it's first showings, and eventually BARELY grossed over $500 million. In fact, it took five weeks just to reach that $500 million threshold and basically break even after you factor in all the marketing costs. By comparison, The Lion King remake grossed over $1.6 BILLION dollars:


https://screenrant.com/the-little-mermaid-box-office-drop-disney-remakes/

https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/06/05/the-little-mermaid-declared-a-massive-flop-for-disney-by-box-office-analyst/

https://insidethemagic.net/2023/05/the-little-mermaid-box-office-fail-ea1/

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You don't know what a flop is. Stop talking.

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It flopped.

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Cry. It won.

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It won the Floppy.

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Still upset.

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About what?

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Your failure. She's your Ariel.

Get over it.

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It flopped

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