The little mermaid my favorite disney movie, was made  in 1989
I love that movie! I prefer Lion King, which came out in 1994. 
It was the 28th animated movie and made 211 million  so far in  total gross
Correct. I think the older era movies were higher quality than the ones now, in general.
its initial release, and in total lifetime gross worldwide. After the success of the 1988 Disney/Amblin film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "The Little Mermaid" is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after a string of critical or commercial failures produced by Disney that dated back to the early 1970s. It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (“Under the Sea
would be a very unrealistic one." She described Disney movies as "the ones [she] watched over and over again when [she] was a kid," and continued, "I knew every line from "The Little Mermaid". I love "Aladdin". When asked about her favorite Disney character, Bell said, "Ariel from "The Little Mermaid". Because I think it was a shift that Disney had, where a female lead—the "princess," I guess—didn't just