The Little Mermaid
Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy.
1989 | 83m | English
Popularity: 8 (history)
| Director: | Ron Clements, John Musker |
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| Writer: | Ron Clements, John Musker, Hans Christian Andersen |
| Staring: |
| This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 17, 1989 |
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| Director: | Ron Clements, John Musker |
| Writer: | Ron Clements, John Musker, Hans Christian Andersen |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Fantasy |
| Keywords | witch, sea, fireworks, prince, villain, kingdom, musical, daughter, mermaid, cartoon, princess, crab, fish out of water, misunderstanding, single father, female villain, based on fairy tale, true love, bargain, trident, father daughter relationship, wonder, vibrant |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Walt Disney Feature Animation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $211,343,479
Budget: $40,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 28, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jodi Benson | Ariel / Vanessa (voice) |
| Samuel E. Wright | Sebastian (voice) |
| Pat Carroll | Ursula (voice) |
| Christopher Daniel Barnes | Prince Eric (voice) |
| Kenneth Mars | King Triton (voice) |
| Buddy Hackett | Scuttle (voice) |
| Jason Marin | Flounder (voice) |
| René Auberjonois | Louis (voice) |
| Paddi Edwards | Flotsam & Jetsam (voice) |
| Ben Wright | Grimsby (voice) |
| Edie McClurg | Carlotta (voice) |
| Will Ryan | Seahorse (voice) |
| Sherry Lynn | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Mickie McGowan | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Nancy Cartwright | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Frank Welker | Max (voice) |
| Hamilton Camp | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Debbie Shapiro Gravitte | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Robert Weil | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ed Gilbert | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Charlie Adler | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jack Angel | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Susan Boyd | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Steve Bulen | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Philip L. Clarke | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jennifer Darling | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Trevor Allan Davies | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Gail Farrell | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Donny Gerrard | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Willie J. Greene Jr. | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Linda Harmon | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Walter S. Harrah | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Phillip Ingram | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Luana Jackman | Additional Voices (voice) |
| William A. Kanady | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Edie Lehmann Boddicker | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Anne Lockhart | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Melissa MacKay | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Guy Maeda | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Lynn Dolin Mann | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Arnold Markussen | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bobbi Page | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mark A. Hester | Editor |
| Bill Perkins | Layout |
| Donald Towns | Background Designer, Art Direction |
| Duncan Marjoribanks | Animation Director |
| John Carnochan | Supervising Film Editor |
| Dan St. Pierre | Layout |
| Rasoul Azadani | Layout |
| Fred Cline | Layout |
| Lorenzo E. Martinez | Layout |
| James Beihold | Layout |
| Dave Dunnet | Layout |
| Maureen Donley | Production Manager |
| Michael Serrian | Assistant Director |
| Sam Graham | Additional Dialogue |
| Chris Hubbell | Additional Dialogue |
| Mary V. Buck | Casting |
| Susan Edelman | Casting |
| Terry Porter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mel Metcalfe | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David J. Hudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mustafa Dok | Thanks |
| Arlene Schwartz | Thanks |
| Albert Tavares | Thanks |
| Lulu Washington | Thanks |
| Kathy Altieri | Background Designer |
| Doug Ball | Background Designer |
| Jim Coleman | Background Designer |
| Greg Drolette | Background Designer |
| Dennis Durrell | Background Designer |
| Cristy Maltese | Background Designer |
| Philip Phillipson | Background Designer |
| Craig Robertson | Background Designer |
| Brian Sebern | Background Designer |
| Ruben Procopio | Sculptor |
| Tina Price | CG Animator |
| Andrew Schmidt | CG Animator |
| Ruben A. Aquino | Animation Director |
| Ed Gombert | Storyboard |
| Thom Enriquez | Storyboard |
| John Richards | Scoring Mixer |
| Don Henry | Projection |
| Jack M. Nietzsche Jr. | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Sutherland C. Ellwood | Assistant Production Manager |
| Dennis Edwards | Assistant Production Manager |
| Andrew Phillipson | Background Designer |
| Lisa Keene | Background Designer |
| Robert E. Stanton | Background Designer |
| Philo Barnhart | Character Designer |
| Joseph T. Sabella | Foley |
| Ashley Shurl Lupin | Painter |
| Britt Van der Nagel | Painter |
| Denise Link | Painter |
| Gale Raleigh | Painter |
| Gary G. Shafer | Painter |
| Gina Evans | Painter |
| Helen Vives | Painter |
| Helga van den Berge | Painter |
| Geno DuBois | Painter |
| Kathy Wilbur | Painter |
| Mimi Frances Clayton | Painter |
| Patricia Cowling | Painter |
| Patricia Torocsik | Painter |
| Sharon M. Dabek | Painter |
| Tania Francisco | Painter |
| Chuck Neely | Sound Editor |
| Chris Jargo | Sound Editor |
| Bruce Richardson | Sound Editor |
| Richard C. Franklin | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Kendall O'Connor | Visual Development |
| Renee Ilsa Alcazar | Painter |
| Joyce Alexander | Painter |
| Lada Babicka | Painter |
| Phyllis Bird | Painter |
| Russell Blandino | Painter |
| Chris Conklin | Painter |
| Elena Marie Cox | Painter |
| Sybil Cuzzort | Painter |
| Phyllis Fields | Painter |
| Joyce Frey | Painter |
| Etsuko Fujioka | Painter |
| Paulino García | Painter |
| Karen Hepburn | Painter |
| Eadie Hofmann | Painter |
| David Karp | Painter |
| Kathlyn Kephart | Painter |
| Leslie Kober | Painter |
| Annette Leavitt | Painter |
| Teri McDonald | Painter |
| Celeste McDonald-Perry | Painter |
| Debbie Mihara | Painter |
| Stephanie Myers | Painter |
| Chris Naylor | Painter |
| Belle Norman | Painter |
| Barbara Palmer | Painter |
| Melanie Pava | Painter |
| Patricia Pettinelli | Painter |
| Bruce Phillipson | Painter |
| Marilyn Pierson | Painter |
| Ronna Pincus | Painter |
| Bonnie Ramsey | Painter |
| Linda Redondo | Painter |
| Sharon Rehme | Painter |
| Colene Riffo | Painter |
| Nellie B. Rodriguez | Painter |
| Ania Rubisz | Painter |
| Sheryl Ann Smith | Painter |
| Fumiko R. Sommer | Painter |
| Rose Ann Stire | Painter |
| Roxanne M. Taylor | Painter |
| Cookie Tricarico | Painter |
| Irma Velez | Painter |
| Cathy Walters | Painter |
| Susan Wileman | Painter |
| Denise Wogatzke | Painter |
| Lee Wood | Painter |
| Micki Zurcher | Painter |
| David J. Zywicki | Painter |
| Nancy Parent | Script Supervisor |
| H. Lee Peterson | Assistant Editor |
| Scot Scalise | Assistant Editor |
| Tom Shaffer | Color Timer |
| Barbara Gerety | First Assistant Editor |
| Bill Wilner | First Assistant Editor |
| Brett Hayden | Production Coordinator |
| Larry Singer | ADR Editor |
| Pamela G. Kimber | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Thomas Pasatieri | Orchestrator |
| Leonard T. Geschke | Sound Editor |
| Nils C. Jensen | Sound Editor |
| Kathleen Bennett | Supervising Music Editor |
| Louis L. Edemann | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Dan Haskett | Character Designer |
| Gary Eggleston | Visual Development |
| Andrew Gaskill | Visual Development |
| Bruce Morris | Visual Development |
| Kay Nielsen | Visual Development |
| Rowland B. Wilson | Visual Development |
| Ellen Heuer | Foley Artist |
| James Ashwill | Foley Mixer |
| Christopher Flick | Foley Editor |
| Alan Smart | Animation |
| Dave Bossert | Animation |
| Vera Pacheco | Animation |
| Melody Hughes | Painter |
| Ron Clements | Writer, Director |
| John Musker | Writer, Director |
| Glen Keane | Animation Director |
| Mark Henn | Animation Director |
| Alan Menken | Original Music Composer, Songs |
| Howard Ashman | Additional Dialogue, Songs |
| Mark Dindal | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Matthew O'Callaghan | Animation Director, Storyboard |
| Roger Allers | Storyboard |
| Gary Trousdale | Storyboard |
| Joe Ranft | Storyboard |
| Brenda Chapman | Storyboard |
| Dean Gordon | Background Designer |
| Tia W. Kratter | Background Designer |
| Chris Buck | Character Designer |
| Michael Peraza Jr. | Art Direction |
| Steve Hickner | Assistant Production Manager |
| John Roesch | Foley |
| Charles L. Campbell | Sound Editor |
| Kevin Lima | Character Designer |
| Dorothy McKim | Assistant Production Manager |
| Kelly Asbury | Visual Development |
| Hans Christian Andersen | Author |
| Gerrit Graham | Additional Dialogue |
| Doug Lefler | Visual Development |
| Andreas Deja | Animation Director |
| Chris Van Allsburg | Visual Development |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Maureen Donley | Associate Producer |
| John Musker | Producer |
| Howard Ashman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Jodi Benson | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Animated Feature | N/A | Won |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 91 | 117 | 70 |
| 2024 | 5 | 94 | 115 | 71 |
| 2024 | 6 | 125 | 165 | 74 |
| 2024 | 7 | 157 | 283 | 79 |
| 2024 | 8 | 124 | 188 | 77 |
| 2024 | 9 | 78 | 101 | 64 |
| 2024 | 10 | 95 | 150 | 59 |
| 2024 | 11 | 89 | 137 | 69 |
| 2024 | 12 | 81 | 96 | 67 |
| 2025 | 1 | 82 | 103 | 69 |
| 2025 | 2 | 64 | 88 | 13 |
| 2025 | 3 | 23 | 85 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 12 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
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