Looking back to last year, The Little Mermaid remake dominated the box office over Memorial Day weekend, raking in an impressive $118 million over a four day stretch last May in what was one of Disney’s best theatrical debuts in history.
The options available this holiday weekend pale in comparison to years past, particularly when the two front runners, The Garfield Movie and Furiosa, are representing two efforts doomed to fail; one, a repackaged animated character that most audiences under 40 don’t care about or have never heard of, and two, being the latest installment of a sci-fi adventure that might be well past its period of relevance.