Posted on 12/02/2010 1:43:59 PM PST by Walter Scott Hudson
It appears that high-tech glitz and A-list celebrity glamor are not the keys to moviegoers’ hearts. Pre-release box office tracking for movies hitting theaters this holiday season has yielded some interesting results. Disney’s long-hyped cyber-reality actioner Tron:Legacy may end up a financial loser.
The 3D sci-fi film has been marketed heavily for months en route to its Dec. 17 bow, and many have been suggesting a big opening and leggy theatrical run based on built-in interest from the cult base of its 1982 predecessor. But at this point, tracking suggests Tron: Legacy with as little as $35 million.
In the spirit of the original, Tron: Legacy boasts state-of-the-art computer graphics. The bells and whistles include a digital facelift for actor Jeff Bridges, who reprises the role of a character 28 years his junior. Some shots of the digitally de-aged Bridges seen in the film’s trailers look remarkably convincing. Others could use some work before release. Regardless, considering it cost about $200 million to make, an opening weekend take as low as predicted would make profitability doubtful.
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Personally, maybe it’s just my personal prejudice, but I doubt that Tron: Legacy is really going to do that well.
The big sleeper is going to burst forth 8 days from now. Watch for it. G-rated, and it’s going to shock some after the mediocre performance of its immediate predecessor in the series.
Voyage of the Dawn Treader is going to roar.
That’s my prediction, and I’m sticking to it!
Dawn Treader is my favorite Narnia book. But then I’m partial sea stories.
mine as well, and I’m not really partial to sea stories ;)
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