Thread:DisneyCWS/@comment-27721133-20190501172428/@comment-1672596-20190503003219

Hmm... okay. Still... Not sure why box office stuff would matter. The Little Mermaid single-handedly saved Disney from bankruptcy and was enough of a runaway hit that the VHS release for The Black Cauldron was delayed because of it, which would certainly have been more than enough to exempt Ariel and her franchise from the DP lineup, yet she was still included.

I could understand if a film was a box office bomb for why they'd be exempt, but a runaway hit? That doesn't work especially when by that exact logic, The Little Mermaid would have also been exempt from the franchise for exactly the same reason.