Disney’s reboot Tron: Ares has started off its box office run with $4.8 million in previews from both Thursday showings and early access screenings on Wednesday.

The big-budget event pic is all but guaranteed to top the weekend box office chart with an estimated $40 million to $45 million, or at least that’s the hope. The threequel opens 15 years after the Tron: Legacy played in theaters, and was shepherded by former Disney exec Sean Bailey when serving as head of the Disney’s live-action studio. It remains to be seen whether audience scores can make up for decidedly mixed reviews (its current score on Rotten Tomatoes is 55 percent.)

Disney’s reboot Tron: Ares has started off its box office run with $4.8 million in previews from both Thursday showings and early access scr

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