Actually, I have found an image that suggests Cinderella is the most popular princess. I found it from this Defending Every Disney Princess (except Tiana) video:Still they wanted at least 800M since Ariel is the most popular princess (not counting Frozen that is recent)
And another image, though it is from the 2013:
But I have heard from various people inside that sources say Cinderella's merchandise sells the most. I know on Shop DIsney or Disney Store online, whatever it is, that Elsa, Ariel, and Belle I believe have more merchandise than Cinderella, but apparently more of her stuff is actually bought. Now, my one friend says they think Ariel is more popular but Cinderella is bought more because she is prettier, and you can wonder any reason why Cinderella is bought more, but the fact is, she is bought more.
I think you are right. If The Little Mermaid remake had been closer to the original movie, especially in visuals, but also by not making some bad decisions like no music till "Part of Your World" and cut songs and bloating, and other bad stuff, it would have made as much as, like, Beauty and the Beast, because The Little Mermaid's original film is just so popular.I wouldn't say TLM was a "flop," but it just barely broke even. I know Pokenonbinary is obsessed with talking about Wish underperforming as a tit for tat for TLM's failure (not because they care about Wish at all, they're just here to stir arguments...), but you can't pretend one failed and the other one was a massive success.I admit it made me laugh reading those reports about how they spent 50 million to make Ariel's hair looking slightly redder (and not really succeeding), they could've used that money when it got tight there.
Either way, the film absolutely would've made in the 900 million - 1 billion range like the other Fab Four if they hadn't decided to play a game with the movie. Thankfully the finished product is still good overall, but I will never feel sorry that Disney got what they deserved for all of that. Same with Mulan, they got what they deserved, except Mulan is unwatchable unlike TLM.
I admit it made me laugh reading those reports about how they spent 50 million to make Ariel's hair looking slightly redder (and not really succeeding), they could've used that money when it got tight there. Statistics: Posted by Disney Duster — Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:31 pm