Tron: Ares’ Box Office Previews & Projections Are Good News for Disney

Tron: Ares is off to a solid start at the box office.

Tron: Ares is now playing in theaters across the United States. It is the third movie in the franchise behind 1982’s Tron and 2010’s Tron: Legacy. The preview numbers for Tron: Ares are in, and it’s slightly outpacing the output of Legacy.

How much is Tron: Ares expected to make at the box office?

Per Deadline, Tron: Ares debuted to $4.8 million in previews. That total includes limited Wednesday early shows and Thursday previews. Tron: Ares’ previews are ahead of Tron: Legacy, which pulled in $3.6 million. However, Tron: Legacy premiered in 2010 during an era when the previews occurred at midnight.

With $4.8 million in previews, Tron: Ares is expected to gross somewhere between $40 million and $45 million in its opening weekend. An opening north of $40 million would easily top the domestic box office. Tron: Legacy opened to $44 million, which has not been adjusted for inflation.

With its international haul, Tron: Ares could see a global haul between $85 million and $95 million by Sunday. With a budget of $200 million, Tron: Ares will need to have box office legs to reach profitability.

Jared Leto stars as Ares, the AI program trained to be a super soldier. Tron: Ares also stars Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges, who returns as the franchise’s original protagonist, Kevin Flynn.

Joachim Rønning directs from a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow, based on a story by Wigutow and David DiGilio. Producers include Leto, Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Emma Ludbrook, and Steven Lisberger.

Disney’s official synopsis reads: “Tron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.”

Originally reported by Dan Girolamo on SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net