{"id":67307,"date":"2025-10-11T04:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/67307\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:59:07","slug":"ares-eyes-mid-to-high-30m-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/67307\/","title":{"rendered":"Ares’ Eyes Mid-to-High $30M Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFRIDAY PM: Disney<\/a>\u2018s Tron: Ares<\/a> is looking at $15M today, now set for a 3-day in the mid-to-high $30 million range at 4,000 theaters. It will take a very big Saturday and Sunday to put the Jared Leto movie back in the $40M range. <\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s some upside: It\u2019s Indigenous People\u2019s Day weekend, hence a 4-day stretch. If MLB and NFL steal the guys away Sunday, here\u2019s to hoping they find the movie on Monday. Comscore reports that 45% of K-12 schools are off Monday along with another 22% colleges. <\/p>\n

\n\tCurrently, No. 2 is between Warner Bros\u2019 One Battle After Another and Paramount\/Miramax\u2019s Roofman<\/a>, each with about $7M-$7.5M. Roofman is booked at 3,362 while One Battle After Another has 3,127 theaters in its third weekend. On the high end for the Paul Thomas Anderson directed-Leonardo DiCaprio starring movie, that\u2019s a -32% ease from its second weekend. Running total by Sunday could stand at $55.3M, which would be +6% ahead of DiCaprio\u2019s Killers of the Flower Moon at the same 17-day mark. <\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal\u2019s Gabby\u2019s Dollhouse is fourth at 3,039 sites with a Friday of $1M, third weekend of $4.2M, -21%, and a running total of $27.2M.<\/p>\n

\n\tFiling fifth is Sony Affirm\u2019s Soul on Fire<\/a> at 1,720 with a Friday of $1.4M for a 3-day of $2.5M-$3M. <\/p>\n

\n\tIdeally in regards to the overall marketplace, it\u2019s bright and sunny when the 3-days of your Columbus Day frame cracks $100M, but it\u2019s clear we won\u2019t have that this weekend. Post Covid, the second weekend of October posted its best in 2023 when all movies totaled $132.9M per Box Office Mojo thanks to the opening of Taylor Swift: Eras Tour. Even if Taylor Swift: Showgirl was around this weekend, yeah, sure, it would\u2019ve dropped, but it would have still provided some more depth to the weekend box office.<\/p>\n

\n\tFRIDAY AM: Disney is reporting that Tron: Ares previews are coming in at $4.8 million. That includes limited Wednesday early shows and previews that began Thursday at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

\n\tKnock on wood this one opens to its tracking, meaning north of $40M; we don\u2019t need any movies underperforming. The fall, though ahead of last year by 2% at around $674M, is OK but not vibrant with myriad starry adult movies such as Dwayne Johnson\u2019s The Smashing Machine<\/a> and Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell\u2019s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey<\/a> not working. The male-heavy Tron: Ares faces competition from MLB playoffs this weekend as well as NFL. Good news: The pic\u2019s Rotten Tomatoes audience score stands at 86%, better than the previous installment, 2010\u2019s Tron: Legacy, which did 64% fresh.<\/p>\n

\n\tTron: Ares previews certainly are ahead of Tron: Legacy\u2018s preview cash, which was $3.6M, but that was back in the era of the midnight preview. Right now, it\u2019s look like Tron: Ares will file under such fanboy reboots as last year\u2019s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ($6.6M total previews) and Alien: Romulus ($6.5M). It\u2019s also under that of Lionsgate\u2019s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes ($5.8M). Advance ticket sales we told you for Tron: Ares were at $7M, on par with Alien: Romulus, which opened to $42M. Songbirds & Snakes bowed to $45M.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018Tron: Ares\u2019 Trailer: AI Runs Amok In An Allegory For Our Times<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tPreviews for the Joachim R\u00f8nning<\/a>-directed movie movie are ahead of The Equalizer 3, which yielded a $3.8M preview and a $35M three-day opening in 2023. Tron: Ares, produced by its star Jared Leto and former Disney Head of Production Sean Bailey, cost $180M before P&A.<\/p>\n

\n\tMiramax and Paramount\u2019s Channing Tatum-Kirsten Dunst romance caper Roofman collected $1M from 2,800 locations Thursday. Showtimes started at 7 p.m. Audiences gave the pic 4 out of 5 stars on PostTrak. No audience score yet, but reviews are at 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. The $19M production goes wide today at 3,362 sites. Tatum\u2019s Dog did $1.26M in Valentine\u2019s Day sneaks and previews before earning a $5M Friday and $14.8M 3-day driven by his female audience. However that movie was PG-13, and Roofman is rated R. The 3-day on Roofman is around $10M.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: 40 Of The Most Anticipated Movies Of 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tSony\/Affirm\u2019s Soul on Fire\u00a0made $575,000 from showtimes that began at 4 p.m. at 1,450 sites. The film received an A CinemaScore and 5-star PostTrak rating. The movie is from Soul Surfer filmmaker Sean McNamara. Logline for faith-based film: After suffering an accident, a young boy ends up relying on his family, his faith and his community in his fight for survival.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the rest of the top 5 for the week<\/p>\n

\n\t1) Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl (AMC) Wk $34M\/Wk 1 (remember, it didn\u2019t play the weekdays)<\/p>\n

\n\t2) One Battle After Another (WB) 3,634 theaters, Thu $1M (-22%) Wk $16.2M (-49%), Total $47.8M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n

\n\t3) The Smashing Machine (A24) 3,345 theaters, Thu $316K (-34%), Wk $7.7M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n

\n\t4) Gabby\u2019s Dollhouse: The Movie (Uni) 3,507 theaters, Thu $298K (-1%), Wk $6.6M (-60%)\/Total $23M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n

\n\t5) The Conjuring: Last Rites (NL\/WB) 2,753 theaters, Thu $370K (-3%), WK $5.76M (-37%), Total $169.5M\/Wk 5<\/p>\n

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