{"id":2086404,"date":"2025-10-12T21:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2086404"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:02:09","slug":"tron-fumbles-taylor-swift-leaves-money-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tron-fumbles-taylor-swift-leaves-money-on-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Tron Fumbles, Taylor Swift Leaves Money On The Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Every once in a while, when the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/2025W41\/?ref_=bo_hm_rw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:box office;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">box office<\/a> is in a bit of a lull, we look to the next would-be tentpole as a big-budget savior. Alas, it doesn&#8217;t always work out. Even so, I didn&#8217;t think Tron: Ares, the quasi re-reboot of the 1980s sci-fi franchise, would debut to such a paltry opening. The Jared Leto starrer opened to just $33.5 million domestically, and $60.5 million worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That&#8217;s significantly less than the $44 million earned by Tron Legacy back in 2010, and even worse than the $39 million brought in by star Jared Leto&#8217;s last high-profile bomb, Morbius. So, what happened? Maybe audiences don&#8217;t like the bad vibes of Jared Leto. Or maybe they didn&#8217;t care for a re-reboot, especially since Tron Legacy has developed something of a cult following in the years since its 2010 debut. While Ares doesn&#8217;t erase Legacy from canon, it doesn&#8217;t really continue its story, either. In fact, the legend goes that Ares is strongly inspired by one of the Tron sequel scripts that was rejected in favor of Legacy. There&#8217;s also the bizarre release window. Why drop a movie like this in the horror movie dump month of October? If I were a Disney exec, I wouldn&#8217;t run a $180 million blockbuster as counter-programming. All of this is to say, stay tuned in another 15 years for another Tron re-re-reboot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Second place went to Roofman, starring Channing Tatum and Peter Dinklage. This &#8216;based on a true story&#8217; crime comedy was always too esoteric to be a mainstream hit, but thanks to its modest budget (less than $20 million), it&#8217;s likely nobody will lose money on this one. Still, despite his considerable power, Channing Tatum hasn&#8217;t had a box office hit since 2022&#8217;s The Lost City (and no, his cameo in Deadpool &amp; Wolverine doesn&#8217;t count, since it wasn&#8217;t &#8220;A Channing Tatum Movie&#8221;). Maybe someone should get the ball rolling on that Gambit solo movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One Battle After Another is still hanging in there in third place, with $6.6 million, bringing its total to $54 million. I don&#8217;t think it has the juice to get to $100 million locally, but it&#8217;s holding on pretty well overseas, to the tune of a $138 million worldwide total after three weekends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elsewhere, it was pretty quiet at the box office. The Smashing Machine is fading fast after its poor debut, dropping 69% (nice) to $1.79 million, bringing its ten-day total to just $9.8 million. Faith-based newcomer Soul on Fire opened to $3 million in fifth place, which was a far better result than Bill Condon&#8217;s remake of Curse of the Spider Woman, which, despite opening at 1,330 theaters, couldn&#8217;t even crack the top 10, earning just $918,775, a 12th place finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maybe the weekend would have shook out differently if Taylor Swift were still here. Her movie opened to over $30 million last weekend, but it was a limited time engagement. Even so, if they extended its run, it surely would have brought in at least another $10 million this weekend, right? It feels like the Taylor Swift machine left money on the table. Then again, if they intended it to be a genuine movie instead of a limited promotional event, she and her team would have probably had to put a bit more effort into it than some low-fi lyric videos. No shade! Just my observations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That&#8217;s about it for this week. Next week, we&#8217;ll see if Tron manages to hold on or crumble like a house of cards. Awards season contender After the Hunt goes wide (after opening in six theaters this past weekend), while The Black Phone 2 aims for the top spot after its predecessor brought in $23 million on its way to a $90 million domestic total back in 2021. I think the sequel can top it, but we&#8217;ll have to wait until next week to find out for sure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/box-office-report-taylor-swift-194958739.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Last Week's Box Office Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Related: Last Week&#8217;s Box Office Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while, when the box office is in a bit of a lull, we look to the next would-be tentpole as a big-budget savior. 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