The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning and appoints Sebastian as Atlantica's first official court composer, much to everyone's delight. Everyone, including Ariel and her sisters and their friends Flounder and Sebastian, rejoices except Marina who is sent to jail. Production The film's working title was "The Little Mermaid III", and it was originally scheduled for a mid-2007 release. When John Lasseter took over Disney Animation, more resources were spent on completing "", and attention only returned to this film in July 2006 after the wrap up of "Cinderella III" A teaser trailer and musical preview of the film (an alternate version of "Jump in the Line")
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) in box office earnings outside the United States and Canada between both releases, resulting in a total international box office figure of $211 million. "The Little Mermaid" received largely positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film has a 92% "Certified Fresh" score based on 65 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The site's consensus reads ""The Little Mermaid" ushered in a new golden era for Disney animation with warm and charming hand-drawn characters and catchy musical sequences". Roger Ebert, film critic for the "Chicago Sun-Times", was enthusiastic about the film and wrote that,