Mulan Tracking for $85 Million+ Opening Weekend, Disney Maintaining Global Release Plan Despite Coronavirus

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Disney’s upcoming live-action Mulan remake is still looking like it will draw in a sizable debut for its opening weekend. Current tracking as the film set to debut at $85 million for its opening weekend or possibly higher.

This would also give the film the biggest debut opening weekend since Bad Boys for Life drew $62.5 million. The report states that some box office analysts think the film could potentially match or surpass the opening weekend for Disney’s live-action Aladdin, which drew $91.5 million in summer 2019.

The global concerns over the coronavirus have caused a change in the global release plans for studios already. As previously reported, MGM and Universal Pictures opted to delay No Time To Die from April to November for its global release. However, THR notes that surveys from Hollywood tracking services aren’t seeing a slowdown for moviegoing yet in the United States due to the coronavirus, which has “crippled” the China mainland box office. Disney was expecting sizable for Mulan the country. The coronavirus has also caused theatrical box office problems in South Korea and Italy.

Currently, Disney is opting to move forward with its global release plan for Mulan rather than delay it for later. The new James Bond 007 was the first major studio tentpole to move due to the coronavirus.

The upcoming film is directed by Niki Caro and stars Liu Yifei as Hua Mulan, who a young woman who disguises herself as a man to spare her elderly father from joining the military. The film reportedly has a $200 million budget. It’s due to arrive in theaters on March 27.