‘The Little Mermaid’ makes box office splash with $95.5 million opening

“The Little Mermaid” made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day weekend. Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic easily outswam the competition, bringing in $95.5 million on 4,320 screens in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. And Disney estimates the film starring Halle Bailey as the titular mermaid Ariel and Melissa McCarthy as her sea witch nemesis Ursula will reach $117.5 million by the time the holiday is over.

tips

mermaid：美人鱼 🧜‍♀️（mer- = lake 湖，maid 少女）

splash：【拟声词】飞溅（水滴）；轰动

make sth splashed：使...惹人注目

moviegoer：常看电影的人

memorial：纪念物；纪念的（memory 会议）

outswim：由于在海里，没有使用 outrun，很形象，超出

Disney’s live-action remake：迪斯尼的真人翻拍

titular：享有所有权的（来自 title）

estimate：预估，估计（estim- = value 价值，引申为估价）

nemesis：天敌，复仇女神（nemesis 涅墨西斯，希腊神话的报应女神，宙斯与其生下美女海伦；源自希腊语动词 nemein，分配的意思，英语词根 -nomo-/-nomy 治理，法则，和它同源）

economy：经济

astronomy：天文学

agronomy：农学

autonomy：自治