This 95% Rotten Tomatoes Movie Is Also the Highest-Grossing Rom-Com Of All Time

Summary:

• Fantasy movie called The Mermaid ended up being the highest-grossing romantic comedy ever created.
• The Chinese-Hong Kong movie is co-written and produced by Stephen Chow.
• The love story at the center of the movie is both funny and thrilling.

The movie industry is full of everything and it's getting harder and harder for production companies to create something that will blow the audience away. However, every year there are some movies that get all the attention in the world and end up being super successful.

However, sometimes even the most successful movies do not become widely known and are only praised by a small group of lucky viewers. That's exactly the case with this 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong fantasy film called The Mermaid.

The movie is a romantic comedy that revolves around a mermaid (surprise, surprise) named Shan who ends up in a situation she never thought she would be a part of. She has been sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer whose new ocean-related project threatens the ecosystem of Shan's race. But instead of dealing with him brutally, our female lead falls in love with the man.

The good thing is that Xuan falls in love with her, too, and the two start to care deeply for each other. The man is even willing to stop his project to save his beloved and their families. But in the meantime they all realize that there's another organization that wants to harm them. Now everything depends on Xuan...

So as you can see, there are several classic tropes at the center of the movie, such as the "enemies become lovers" and "save the princess" themes. Maybe the reason why the movie became so popular with the audience is the fact that the movie perfectly blended two worlds - the world of fantasy and the world of classic romance.

The worldwide gross of the movie is $525,018,479 and that with a budget of $60 million. In addition, the movie broke several other box office records, including biggest opening day and biggest single-day gross.

The Mermaid is available to stream on Prime.