It's worth remembering that box office returns numbers are gross amounts. A hefty percent of that money does not go to the studio, but stays with the individual theaters. Regardless, ticket sales only account for a fraction of the revenue a film is expected to bring in.

No offense, visionshock, but that blog doesn't exactly scream credibility.

There are no official quotes, it's not a blog linked to any sort of reputable industry source, and there are no specifics nor figures given. Just a lot of, "my sources tell me," hand-wavery that's supposed to substitute for actual data.

Like 98% of all blogging: it's just some guy's opinion.

Sounds like this guy didn't like the movie, and is angry at Disney because of it.

Ho hum.

Here is my opinion.

TRON LEGACY -- $400,000,000 dollars US world-wide box office before it leaves theaters. Book it.

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I think it's safe to say that the visibility of the TRON franchise leapt by several orders of magnitude, thanks to TRON Legacy. To paraphrase Walter from the original movie, "TRON isn't the franchise you keep in your garage anymore." It's now been firmly established as a major science-fantasy franchise in the film world.

I do not think Disney executives expected a TRANSFORMERS type windstorm, because the franchise as a whole did not have the pre-existing massive cultural and audience penetration that TRANSFORMERS (or its sequel) enjoyed. I think Disney executives mainly wanted to get a solid foothold in the same marketing demographics that TRANSFORMERS enjoys, using a house product that already had a substantial fanbase from the first film to 'anchor' the new project.

Now, I could be wrong on that. Maybe Disney was expecting TRON(FORMERS) and anything short of $300M domestic + $300M overseas will be seen as a failure. If that's the case, then I can only fault Disney execs for having a reach exceeding their grasp. But I somehow think this unlikely. Disney has smart people. They are, after all, the same ones who do the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movies, the TOY STORY movies, and so forth. They know how to build and maintain franchises.

And it is just possible that TRON Legacy may reach $300M domestic, $300M overseas. I think $200M domestic, $250M oversease is more likely, but that's my gut hunch. If TRON has a very extended run through April or beyond, the domestic take could pile up quite high. Perhaps beyond even my expectations?

Our (guesstimated) benchmark for the "success" of TRON Legacy is $300M world-wide, based on production costs and nebulous marketing numbers. If TRON Legacy goes to $400M world-wide (as I expect it to) then Disney will have more than made back all of its investment, and there will be significant incentive to capitalize in the form of a sequel, as well as the planned television series.

One thing to also consider: Disney execs don't operate in a vacuum. As they examine TRON's performance from 2010 and through 2011, they will be comparing it against its peers. So far the holiday season of 2010 is far off the year before, when AVATAR swept the box office. Neither FOCKERS nor TRUE GRIT have fantastically outperformed TRON, and TRON did own its opening weekend, which is probably the only absolute hurdle TRON had to jump in order to establish itself as a baseline success. And it did just that.

If the overall audience dollars for 2010-2011 just aren't there, for any movie or movie franchise, Disney will take this into account. Just like all the other movie companies must. If anything, Disney will examine TR3N with an eye to reducing cost -- very probable anyway given the fact that much of the heavy lifting for a threequel is already done -- and maximizing story. The precarious bridge between the old film and the new film has been achieved, and now they can strike forward with a more thrifty production, building an expanded feature film and television co-universe.

Box Office Mojo is reporting the updated numbers now:

JANUARY 10, 2011
TRON LEGACY
Domestic: $148,212,420 50.9%
+ Foreign: $143,200,000 49.1%
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= Worldwide: $291,412,420

Considering that TL has only been in theaters for four weeks -- not even a full month yet -- these are great numbers. Overseas will almost certainly lap domestic by this time next week, and if trends (for this type of movie) hold, the overseas will make up the bulk of sales by the end of January.

I don't know why people keep trafficking the rumor that TRON Legacy is a financial disappointment. That's just silly.

Sub-Odeon Wrote:No offense, visionshock, but that blog doesn't exactly scream credibility.

Nor does visionshock in general. The only "contribution" the poster has made has been doomsaying and spreading dubious declarations of failure. I'd not only be ready to suspect trolling, but I wouldn't be surprised if it tuens out to be that 8-yr old critic's daughter who's infamous for bashing the film.

1/11/11:

True Grit $1,110,164 ( -69.1% )
Black Swan $811,617 ( -64.3% )
Little Fockers $790,125 ( -73.9% )
Season of the Witch $754,249 ( -70.4% )
Tron $692,824 ( -75.0% )
The Fighter $595,983 ( -66.8% )
Country Strong $486,371 ( -71.9% )
The Tourist $297,449 ( -66.4% )
Tangled $275,746 ( -81.7% )

Tron DOM total: $148,905,244
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TUESDAY - January 11, 2011

Domestic
$813,710

Domestic Total
$149,718,954

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FusionAddict Wrote:Nearly $300 million worldwide...and from what I hear the merchandise is running out the door. Something tells me the suits at Disney are pleased

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