Disney may lay claim to some of the world’s most profitable science-fiction franchises, but the studio’s track record with the genre has not always been spotless. Even before their 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox, which included the rights to Alien and Predator , Disney had a long history of dabbling in science fiction with mixed results.

Yet even some of the studio’s most lackluster box office performers have continued to find fresh life, with even 1982’s TRON originally considered a financial failure despite its moderate box office returns. Previously, Disney had gambled their largest ever budget at the time on 1979’s The Black Hole , with it too falling flat. Nonetheless, talks of a possible remake continue.

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