The fiasco of 'Tron: Ares' is now absolutely irremediable, since the film starring Jared Leto will cause multimillion-dollar losses for Disney. So much so that Deadline points out that it will cause a hole in the studio worth $132.7 million, thus becoming one of the biggest failures in the history of cinema.
The first problem is that 'Tron: Ares' It was actually more expensive than what we had been told.since its budget has been 220 million dollars and not 180. To that we must add other expenses - the advertising campaign alone adds an additional 102.5 million - to a total investment of 347.5 million dollars.
In theaters it is evident that it is not even going to come close to that figure, since the forecasts indicate that it should end its run in theaters with about income of 160 million - and it remains to be seen if it arrives, which currently totals 103 -. Adding the part that Disney keeps to other income generated by the physical and digital market, the sale of television rights and also what is achieved through broadcasting on airlines would give a total of approximately 214.8 million dollars.
You just have to do a simple subtraction to check the red numbers that 'Tron: Ares' is going to generate for the studio. It was already surprising at the time that they ended up giving the green light to the third installment of this legendary science fiction saga, but now it is clear that we will never have a fourth.
All of this also results in the bad reputation that Leto is getting when it comes to achieving box office hits. You have to go back to 'Suicide Squad' to find its last great triumph in theaters and there the true protagonist was Will Smith. In fact, his great opportunity to shine was 'Morbius' and we all know very well what happened with that film...
It remains to be seen if any studio entrusts him with the lead role in another blockbuster, but he still has one last nail to hold on to. Let us remember that Leto gives life to Skeletor in the new movie 'Masters of the Universe' who directs Trvis Knight.
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