Refresh for latest… Riding in lower than pre-weekend projections, Disney’s Tron: Ares cycled to a $60.5M worldwide debut, including $27M from the international box office. While the team was out and about on an overseas promotional tour, the latest in the 43-year-old cyber saga just didn’t pop wheelies at turnstiles. Still, critical and audience scores on the Joachim Rønning-directed/Jared Leto-fronted pic …
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43 years after the first “Tron” movie sped into theaters, the grid has once again reopened in “Tron: Ares.” The third film in the franchise follows Ares (Jared Leto), an intelligent computer program who begins to question his orders and directives from CEO Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters), setting him on a collision course into the real world to find Eve …
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Disney’s sci-fi sequel “Tron: Ares” failed to connect in its box office debut, collecting a disappointing $33.5 million from 4,000 North American theaters over the weekend. It’s a weak start, even for a five-decade old franchise that’s never been a commercial juggernaut. The trouble is that “Tron: Are” carries a massive $180 million price tag, not including the many millions …
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TRON fights for the users – of Tesla’s navigation systems, at least for a little while. Tesla this weekend introduced a new “Tron: Ares” mode, giving drivers an opportunity to turn their on-screen vehicles into the glowing Light Cycles that have been a big part of the Disney franchise since 1982. The optional update started rolling out on Friday, as …
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Disney’s “Tron: Ares” will light up the top of the box office in its debut, though the sci-fi entry is coming in dimmer than its projections. Meanwhile, the Channing Tatum caper “Roofman” looks headed for a second place bow. The “Tron” threequel earned $14.3 million across Friday and previews from 4,000 venues (that includes early access screenings on Wednesday ahead …
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Disney’s reboot Tron: Ares has started off its box office run with $4.8 million in previews from both Thursday showings and early access screenings on Wednesday. The big-budget event pic is all but guaranteed to top the weekend box office chart with an estimated $40 million to $45 million, or at least that’s the hope. The threequel opens 15 years …
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Ares, named after the Greek god of war, was built to be an AI super-soldier. Then he found out about Frankenstein, started listening to Depeche Mode, and realized the tech bro who made him might be a hack. So he takes matters into his own hands on a quest for freedom from his suicide mission. I wish I were joking, …
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“Tron: Ares,” the latest entry in a five-decade old franchise that’s more of a cult favorite than a commercial juggernaut, debuted to a solid $4.8 million in Thursday previews. The sci-fi sequel is expected to open to roughly $45 million from 4,000 North American theaters over the weekend, easily topping new releases such as Paramount’s R-rated dramedy “Roofman,” starring Channing …
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Tesla has partnered with its recent foe, Disney, to promote its latest movie, Tron: Ares, with an in-car update that is not making everyone happy. Many owners view it as Tesla making in-car advertisements and/or working on something that distracts them from needed software updates. Today, Tesla announced and began pushing an update to its car owners, which essentially amounts …
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Disney is reporting that Tron: Ares previews are coming in at $4.8M. That includes limited Wednesday early shows and previews that began at 2PM yesterday. Knock on wood this one opens to its tracking, meaning north of $40M; we don’t need any movies underperforming. The fall, though ahead of last year by +2% with some $674M+, is OK but not …
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