{"id":228285,"date":"2025-10-20T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/228285\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:32:11","slug":"ares-is-an-even-bigger-bomb-than-we-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/228285\/","title":{"rendered":"Ares’ Is an Even Bigger Bomb Than We Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movie math is incredibly confusing. Many, many factors go into what a movie costs beyond just its production<\/a>, and how much money it makes goes well beyond just its box office<\/a>. That\u2019s why, while a film like Tron: Ares<\/a> may have reportedly cost about $175 million to make, and it just crossed $100 million at the worldwide box office, the losses could be much more.<\/a><\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> has a fascinating article about those numbers in regard to Disney\u2019s latest release and the news is not good. According to the trade, while the film\u2019s initial budget was in the $170-$180 million range, the number was actually closer to $220 million all in, and with the box office just having eeked past $100 million, the film is likely to lose about $132.7 million.<\/p>\n

How does Deadline get to that number? Here\u2019s the trade\u2019s math, but be aware, it\u2019s very confusing, as we said.<\/p>\n

Deadline surmises that the film will end up at about $160 million worldwide in the coming weeks. That\u2019s just an estimate. But, if it hits that, Disney will get \u201c$72.2 million in worldwide theatrical rentals, $37.6M in global home entertainment, close to $100M in global home television, with an extra $5 million from airlines for a total of $214.8M in revenues.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that number then has to go up against the film\u2019s costs, which, on Tron: Ares, were significant: \u201c$220 million net production cost shot with Vancouver, BC tax credits<\/a>, a $102.5M global P&A spend with stunts at San Diego Comic-Con, touring light cycles, a laser light Nine Inch Nails laser-light concert at the Los Angeles premiere that closed down Hollywood Boulevard, $10.8M in other costs, and $14.2M in residuals,\u201d according to the trade. That means everything in regard to the film costs $347.5 million but is likely to only make $214.8 million in profit. $347.5 million minus 214.8 million is 132.7 million.<\/p>\n

Now are all those numbers exactly right? Maybe not, but certainly, they\u2019re close. Plus, the revenue could end up more, or (more likely) less, than the $160 million Deadline is using. All of which is to say, yeah, Tron: Ares is very unlikely to turn a profit for the studio and is very likely to put an end to the franchise. At least for now.<\/p>\n

Because, as the Deadline article also points out, while this film had many, many things going against it, including an overreliance on the Tron IP, it\u2019s still a known IP. It\u2019s got theme park rides, merchandise, and films that people will watch as they find a life beyond the theater. It took 30 years for Tron to get Tron: Legacy and then another 15 for Legacy to get Ares. Tron is probably dead, but with the right story, anything is possible. Just a little less so if you lose $132.7 million.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Movie math is incredibly confusing. Many, many factors go into what a movie costs beyond just its production,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,437,134,344,2267],"class_list":{"0":"post-228285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-disney","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-tron-ares"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}