Jared Leto in Tron: Ares
Disney’s ‘Tron: Ares’ Looks to Top Slate of Weekend Box Office Newcomers Through Oct. 12
October 10, 2025
Disney is releasing the cyber adventure Tron: Ares 15 years after the previous franchise sequel, Tron: Legacy, hit the big screen on Dec. 17, 2010. The original Tron was released in theaters on July 9, 1982.
Featuring Oscar winner Jared Leto in the lead role as new AI-generated character Ares sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, the third film in the franchise is projected to sell north of $34.5 million across North American screens despite mixed reviews, according to estimates from BoxOfficeReport.com. The movie opened with $4.8 million in Thursday screening revenue.
“[The] reviews aren’t going to help matters … especially since this feels like the type of high-profile film that many moviegoers may be on the fence about catching in theaters,” analyst Daniel Garris wrote in a post.
That said, the opening weekend tally should be more than enough to offset three other theatrical newcomers, led by Paramount/Miramax’s ‘R’-rated comedy Roofman, starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst (projected $7 million); Sony Pictures’ Soul on Fire, a drama based on the life of burn victim John O’Leary, directed by Sean McNamara and starring Joel Courtney, John Corbett and William H. Macy ($3.6 million); and Lionsgate/Roadside Attraction’s Kiss of the Spider Woman, a theatrical adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, directed by Bill Condon and starring Diego Luna, Tonatiuh and Jennifer Lopez ($3.4 million).
Among box office returnees, Universal’s Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie should add $3.8 million in third-weekend ticket sales, followed by Warner’s The Conjuring: Last Rites (projected $2.9 million in its sixth weekend); A24’s The Smashing Machine (projected $2.7 million in its second weekend); Sony/Crunchyroll’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (projected $2 million in its fifth weekend); IFC/Shudder’s Good Boy (projected $1.8 million in its sophomore weekend), and Lionsgate’s The Strangers: Chapter 2 (projected $1.7 million in its third weekend).
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