Originally Posted By cheesybaby Lee - How does this impact Sean Bailey's future? Is his political capital gone?
Originally Posted By Anatole69 Foreign receipts now have brought the total to over $150 million. It is possible that by the end of this coming weekend the total gross, including foreign, will be over $200 million. - Anatole
Originally Posted By skinnerbox I would expect at least $200mil worldwide by Jan 3. But considering what DisCo wanted this film to generate... that's pathetic. Merch isn't moving, most US 3D theaters will be gone after Jan 13, and most foreign theaters have the film now. I just don't see a big rush building to see TRON. It's probably going to top out around $300mil, maybe $350mil. So much for the next DisCo billion dollar blockbuster.
Originally Posted By Britain I liked the movie, it has something about it that haunts me several days after seeing it. But when the movie talk around the water cooler starts up, there's nothing about it that makes me urge my friends to go. People feel good about themselves when they send their friends to (what they believe) will be great experiences. Unlike the Daft Punk soundtrack, the film just isn't generating positive word-of-mouth.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<The park-related stuff has all been shelved for now - that was done awhile back when the movie wasn't tracking well.>> Lee... one of the MC posters (with a red aloha shirt avatar) is now claiming "a presentation for executives has been scheduled for mid January." The poster also claims that "WDI has something planned that really knocks it 'out of the park'." (I'm assuming he's referring to something beyond the berm, like the Indy show building.) Any idea if this is true? Is WDI still pushing for a TRON attraction at DL? (And is this Baxter's proposal, or another Imagineer's?) Thanks.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Well, the Super Speed tunnel on the PeopleMover track did feature TRON back in the 80s. *snicker*
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I have to say, I used to like that. But then again I was a little kid when it debutted and TRON was my 2nd fav film after Star Wars.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Kind of, well I used to be. I worked in IT for a few years and gave a key note speech at an international conference 5 years ago on how amazing digital pen and paper is. But I don't buy the latest gizmo anymore, had my fingers burnt with the Matrix Phone and HD DVD, so now I wait. But I have my eye on the future. I am a historian and philosopher by interest, and I find the themes in both of those movies play with the notions of liberty, as well as mentoring and purpose. I love that aspect more than the tech elements to be honest.
Originally Posted By JenniBarra >>I am a historian and philosopher by interest, and I find the themes in both of those movies play with the notions of liberty, as well as mentoring and purpose. I love that aspect more than the tech elements to be honest.<< I knew there was a reason I liked you, Dave! The secret is that sci fi isn't really about showing off the coolest SFX, it's giving you something to think about. <g> I don't know about you, but I dig stuff like the Blackwell Culture & Philosophy series and the Smart Pop books. I am curious to find out if Tron: Legacy has the chops to make it into one of those series.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks JenniBarra, I have not heard of those series of books yet, so I will need to check them out. But agreed, when it comes to Sci fi, the Star trek universe really is interesting too me as it looks at social trends and predicts the change for the future. I know that Steven Hawking was moved by Star Trek to work out the physics in the series, but I would love to find out how we could evolve to be an egalitarian united federation.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<but I would love to find out how we could evolve to be an egalitarian united federation.>> Me too, but sadly, just like on Star Trek, I think it would probably take an alien spaceship arriving before we can finally get all of humanity united under a common government. And even then, I'm still not sure it would work out...
Originally Posted By Britain So, another week, another box office tally. What's the latest on the inquest, Leemac?
Originally Posted By leemac <<Lee... one of the MC posters (with a red aloha shirt avatar) is now claiming "a presentation for executives has been scheduled for mid January." >> MC? I know of no exec presentation - all of us will be in FL for the Disney Dream launch so no idea who will be left. I guess there could be some TDO pitch. There have been plenty of ideas bouncing around for DL - but management just won't commit any capital dollars until the next phase of DCA begins to bear fruit - if Little Mermaid continues the trend set by WoC then DL will hit the capacity wall - and hard. Success brings its own headaches.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<MC?>> MiceChat. Interesting about everyone being in FL for the launch of Dream. Does make you wonder which executives will be receiving this TRON attraction presentation. Thanks, Lee.
Originally Posted By leemac <<What's the latest on the inquest, Leemac?>> Lots of finger-pointing - the movie still isn't through $200m globally and some of the international markets have been very soft - the UK and Japan in particular. Ultimately it still has some markets to open in and it will continue to play for a few more weeks but it is running out of gas - and looks unlikely to get even close to its production costs. And it isn't unique - virtually all of the family movies over the holidays failed to connect for some reason.
Originally Posted By leemac <<<<MC?>> MiceChat.>> Ah - gotcha. I'm not familiar with that site at all. The Dream is a huge deal for WDP&R - and the sales for this year have been soft so far - DCL is such an important engine of growth for the division that they can't afford to let it struggle. The launch is a massive event - a lot of travel agents are attending to help push the three ships.
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Originally Posted By Anatole69 Box Office mojo is reporting the worldwide take for Tron Legacy is 250 million now, and it did virtually the same business the 3rd week as the second in the US. Again the studio that put out True Grit must really be happy now. #2 at the box office and it is on its way to potentially being the biggest grossing Western of all time. Will be interesting once we get to award season how many nominations it gets. - Anatole
