Disney is reporting that Tron: Ares previews are coming in at $4.8M . That includes limited Wednesday early shows and previews that began at 2PM yesterday.

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

Tron: Ares previews are certainly ahead of Tron: Legacy ‘

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