Movie Comparison: Beauty and the Beast (1991) vs. The Little Mermaid (1989)

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  Beauty and
the Beast
The Little
Mermaid
Domestic Release Date Nov 13, 1991Nov 15, 1989
Production Budget $20,000,000 
Opening Weekend Theaters 2994
Maximum Theaters 2,6252,057
Theatrical Engagements 46,63026,899
Domestic Opening Weekend $162,146$6,031,914
Domestic Box Office $206,333,165$111,543,479
Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Box Office
$458,933,587$286,093,287
International Box Office $232,323,678$110,724,135
Worldwide Box Office $438,656,843$222,267,614
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  Beauty and
the Beast
The Little
Mermaid
Opening Weekend $162,146 /
$178,822
$6,031,914 /
$6,065,716
2nd Weekend $9,624,149 /
$9,917,522
$8,384,862 /
$16,832,844
3rd Weekend $12,239,650 /
$26,476,215
$4,030,274 /
$22,109,571
4th Weekend $5,969,372 /
$34,112,416
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$25,748,251
5th Weekend $4,575,124 /
$39,967,101
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$28,941,871
6th Weekend $4,863,315 /
$46,047,138
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$34,089,416
7th Weekend $10,670,669 /
$63,690,996
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$49,401,857
8th Weekend $8,804,918 /
$82,470,981
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9th Weekend $4,840,087 /
$88,917,830
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$60,855,174
10th Weekend $5,275,625 /
$95,240,876
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$65,247,711
11th Weekend $3,255,721 /
$99,234,492
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$68,066,110
12th Weekend $3,276,760 /
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15th Weekend $2,430,432 /
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16th Weekend $2,124,074 /
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$122,922,207
$580,701 /
$79,181,238
20th Weekend $1,782,762 /
$125,315,925
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The Little
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2nd Week $276,697 /
$293,373
$8,414,180 /
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3rd Week $13,943,192 /
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4th Week $13,906,479 /
$28,143,044
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$26,419,509
6th Week $5,791,846 /
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$30,769,752
7th Week $11,836,504 /
$53,020,327
$9,396,593 /
$40,166,345
8th Week $20,645,736 /
$73,666,063
$11,374,991 /
$51,541,336
9th Week $10,411,680 /
$84,077,743
$5,462,630 /
$57,003,966
10th Week $5,887,508 /
$89,965,251
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$62,423,871
11th Week $6,013,520 /
$95,978,771
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$65,891,696
12th Week $4,190,479 /
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Note: A theatrical engagement is defined as the movie playing in a single theater for one week. So, for example, a film that plays in 3,000 theaters in its first week and 2,000 theaters in its second week will have had 5,000 theatrical engagements.