We continue to offer a free 2-week trial of WrapPRO. If you’ve been wanting to check out our full coverage, now’s the time.Greetings!The "Tron" franchise is a peculiar one. The 1982 original has been hailed as a pioneer in visual effects, and helped inspire the creation of Pixar and made computer-generated imagery in films a reality. It also has its share of fans, but it's no "Star Wars" or "The Matrix" when it comes to its potential as an intellectual property. It's too popular to be considered a cult classic, but it doesn't reach the heights ofother big-name sci-fi franchises. As a result, "Tron" is stuck in limbo, writes Jeremy Fuster. And in today's world of absolutes in Hollywood, not being quite good enough is the equivalent of being DOA. Just look at "Tron: Ares," which opened with $33.5 million at the domestic box office and $60 million globally. The numbers aren't disastrous, but they're disappointing and likely a death knell for the franchise — at least for another decade or so. It's important to note that 2010's "Tron: Legacy," the prior attempt to revive the franchise 28 years after the original, also performed so-so and had some mixed critical reviews at the time. But it also gained newfound appreciation over the years, with many Tron fans disappointed that "Ares" failed to follow-up on the ideas introduced in that earlier film. Will people warm up to "Ares" over time? Considering that it performed even worse than "Legacy" and we're oversaturated with way more media than ever before, it makes for a tough hill for the Jared Leto-fronted movie to climb. Roger Cheng 
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