that’s how much money Disney will lose

A new report does the math on the new chapter of the Tron saga to quantify the losses suffered by Disney following the flop of the sci-fi adventure starring Jared Leto and Jeff Bridges.

Now the flop in Tron: Ares It’s no longer a secret to anyone. But now Deadline he quantified the perdite subite da Disney with the sci-fi mega-production revealing that they would be greater than previously thought.

First things first Let’s clarify the budget. as the third chapter of the science fiction saga starring stars Jared Leto and Jeff Bridges opens, it would not have cost 170/180 million as anticipated, but 220 million. Which means that the film is destined to lose $132.7 million net of all ancillary receipts if its final global gross does not exceed $160 million. The film is currently stuck at $103.1 million and saw a 67% domestic drop in its second weekend, grossing just $11.1 million.

Deadline he then goes into the calculations in great detail, explaining that “compared to approx 214 million in revenues (which come from the projection of 160 million in global takings to which must be added 72.2 million dollars in cinema rentals worldwide, 37.6 million dollars in home entertainment globally, almost 100 million dollars in home television and 5 million dollars) the budget of the film must be considered, which apparently is around 220 million, in addition to a global expense of 102.5 million dollars for management and distribution expenses, including stunts at San Diego Comic-Con, light-up motorcycles on tour, Nine Inch Nails concert at the Los Angeles premiere with the closure of Hollywood Boulevard, $10.8 million in additional costs and $14.2 million in residual costs, for a total cost of $347.5 million. This brings us to one loss of $132.7 million“.

A trip destined to end at a loss for Disney

For days, insiders have been going wild with revelations about the creation of Tron: Ares, completed thanks to the influence of Jared Leto despite doubts about the franchise, which has never been particularly profitable for Disney.

An industry expert would have provided his explanation on the flop of Tron: Ares at the box office in October by declaring Deadline: ​​”There wasn’t a specific vision, to be honest. The idea that Disney would spend a quarter of a billion dollars on a movie with Jared Leto, a franchise that it didn’t work for four decadesit’s crazy”.

Although the original plans called for the return of the director of Tron: Legacy Joseph Kosinski for a third film with Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund, the idea had always been to bring The Grid into our world through Ares, the character played by Leto.

However, director Joachim Rønning wanted one different script from that of Jesse Wigutow, initially approved by Disney. The director wanted to involve Jez Butterworth and the screenwriter of Captain Phillips Billy Ray stepped in to fix the problems with the new script, reducing additional filming to less than a month.)

Is this really the end for Tron?

Judging by the disappointing reception given to Tron: Ares from critics and audiences this could be the end of the franchise. But second DeadlineDisney may have had other reasons to make another TRON movie. It seems like “those close to the project believe that ultimately Tron: Ares was one advertising for Disney theme park attractions and this would be the real reason why the film was made”.

Following this logic, who knows whether in a few years a new narrative idea will push the company to invest another good bit of money on a new futuristic feature film relying on the star of the moment. With theartificial intelligence increasingly present in our livesthe potential of the story is not lacking, as our review of Tron: Ares also highlights.