I'm wondering how much money can TRON Legacy make at the box-office...

With a production budget of some 17 million dollars, the original TRON film wasn't considered a "succesful" movie although it made around 33 million, but Disney execs expected waaaaay beyond that...

It's obvious that movie 'demographics' have radically changed over the last 25 years, so I think it'd be cool if T:L made, in just it's first day, exactly what TRON made in total (which is also a realistic prediction seeing what recent succesful Disney movies made)...

So, my predictions are: (aprox. or around that)

Single Day Gross (Domestic): $ 33,000,000

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $ 77,000,000

Total Lifetime Grosses:
Domestic: $ 200,000,000
Foreign: $ 150,000,000

If T:L's actual production budget is around some $200 million, and taking into account that I'm being fairly optimistic with the total lifetime grosses, I say Disney will see a good ROI in the end, be happy about it and order the next sequel soon...


What are your predictions my fellow programs?


What the Pro sites are saying...

BoxOfficeMojo.com's 2010 Preview: Tron: Legacy
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2678&p=.htm


Analysis: Tron, a movie perceived to be ahead of its time with its computer-based virtual reality, was considered a box office disappointment in 1982. In the shadow of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, it made $33 million, or the equivalent of over $85 million adjusted for ticket price inflation. A decent amount of people saw it in theaters, but not enough to make it profitable nor match the hype surrounding its release. Tron was one of the first movies to use computer-generated imagery, and it was released before computers had become the ubiquitous household items we know today. Almost three decades later, its long-awaited sequel, Tron: Legacy, is scheduled for release Dec. 17, fueled by fan nostalgia.

Tron: Legacy follows the adventures of Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the son of Tron's main character Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges). Mr. Bridges, who is winning nearly every acting award this winter for playing a former country music star in Crazy Heart, reprises his role in Legacy, providing (along with returning Bruce Boxleitner) some continuity for fans of the original, while new stars Hedlund and Olivia Wilde look to draw the younger crowd unfamiliar with Tron.

The Tron: Legacy marketing campaign was launched before the movie had been green-lighted. A test reel was brought to the San Diego Comic-Con in 2008 and was met with overwhelming approval from those in attendance. Walt Disney Pictures then decided to make the movie, and the same clip, with overhauled CGI, was shown at last year's Comic-Con. Despite this strong early push, it's hard to tell if Tron is a property a substantial number of moviegoers are still interested in. The other '80s revivals being released this year (The A-Team, The Karate Kid, Red Dawn, Clash of the Titans, A Nightmare on Elm Street) face a similar problem. By the time Tron: Legacy gets its release, though, most of these movies will have run their course, and it will be more apparent if '80s fever is on at the box office.

Another potential issue is whether the virtual reality aspect of Tron: Legacy has been played out in the last few decades. Specifically, The Matrix followed a similar structure, as people entered in to a computer-based virtual reality in those movies as well. While the first and second Matrix movies made $171.5 and $281.6 million, respectively, audience interest had waned by the third movie, The Matrix Revolutions, which only banked $139.3 million. However, this is more likely attributed to the perceived decline in quality that took place from The Matrix to Reloaded and then Revolutions.

Tron: Legacy is heavy on C.G.I., was made in 3-D and will be released in mid-December . These three qualities are shared with Avatar, which recently broke all-time box office gross records. It would be tough to imagine Tron: Legacy reaching anywhere near those heights, though, especially with a jam-packed 2010 3-D slate that will likely leave audiences a little jaded to the technology. However, if Disney avoids marketing Tron: Legacy as just another C.G.I.-heavy adventure and instead as a December event movie featuring a classic story and impressive visuals, they could see solid returns.abortion pills online abortion pill online purchase cytotec abortion

...and your box office prediction (in millions of dollars) will be...

Don't get me wrong here but...

There's no way TRON Legacy's 'domestic total' reaches anywhere near $700 million at the box office.

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VRAM Wrote:Rumors are one thing, but the latest news regarding TRON Legacy's sequel 'already in the works' were more of a confirmation, and somehow I feel uneasy about it...

http://www.tron-sector.com/forums/default.aspx?do=top&id=380319
Beat you to it

The recent trailer seems to have done a really good job at appealing to everyone in the 15-30 crowd, particularly those who had never heard of TRON or weren't interested by its concept of going inside a computer world. At my high school, I've had people walk up to me while I'm wearing that hot topic Tron shirt, and they'll say "awesome shirt", "that movie's gonna be epic", or "saw the trailer for that with Alice over the weekend, looks awesome". Most of these people are people I happen to walk past in the halls that I don't even know. It's admittedly pretty creepy at times, mainly because nobody at that school had ever heard of Tron or gave a crap until the new trailer. In fact, the amount of comments I receive about my Tron shirt is nearly equivalent to the number of comments I receive about my Dark Side of the Moon shirt.

Either Legacy is as big as Dark Side of the Moon or I come from a school where people like to comment on other peoples' shirts. That should speak for itself concerning my box office predictions. The trailer was put together so great. It appealed to a VERY wide age range. Pairing it with Alice was just pure genius.

We're just a week from T:L's release date...

Anyone wants to make another prediction?

VRAM Wrote:We're just a week from T:L's release date... Anyone wants to make another prediction?

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TRON: Legacy Makes $3.5 Million at Midnight
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=72500

Avatar-who?

Traahn Wrote:Opening Day: $875,000,000 Opening Weekend (Domestic): $1.7 Billion Total Lifetime Grosses: Domestic: $4.3 Trillion Foreign: $3.2 Trillion There's a 99.9% chance I'm right. End of line.

That's what I'm talking about! haha

Early word is that the weekend is going to be under $50m.

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