Disney took a third bite at the apple this past weekend with a third Tron movie. It’s a franchise that has always struggled, and yet always found a way to make it to audiences. Unfortunately, he new film failed to find an audience. While Ares won the weekend, it did so with an anemic $36 million domestic, nearly $10 million less than the previous film in the franchise did 15 years ago.
As is always the case with blockbusters that fail to become smash hits, many are asking why, and a lot of the blame is being heaped on star Jared Leto. THR questions whether Leto, who previously led the Spider-Verse movie Morbius to a meme-worthy level of box office bomb, will be leading major franchise films after Ares. However, one talent agency partner suggests the issue with the film was more fundamental, saying…
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