A live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid" topped the Memorial Day weekend box office,
35 years after the animated version of the charming tale of Ariel, a flame-haired ...
...siren of the sea who falls in love with a prince, delighted moviegoers.
The Disney film is expected to gross a whopping $118 million in its first four days of release,
$96 million of which will come in the first three days.
The opening on Memorial Day was the fifth-highest in history.
Many of the same moviegoers who first fell in love with Ariel when she appeared on the big screen in 1988 gave the movie a boost,
as well as generations of fans who weren't alive when the original premiered but were nonetheless weaned on the film from its numerous appearances on DVD,