Weekend projections:
1. Tron: Ares - $33.5M (new)
2. Roofman - $8M (new)
3. One Battle After Another - $6.68M for $54.5M
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Tron: Ares , the third film in the Tron series, debuted at $33.5 million this weekend, well under the pre-weekend estimates of $45-50 million. That's over $10 million less than 2010's Tron: Legacy , the previous installment in the series, and the budget for this one was $180 million.
But Tron was not the only new film to open softly this weekend. The Channing Tatum starring Roofman pulled in $8 million for second place, in the lower range of projections. It only cost $19 million to produce, so a modest opening does not sting too badly.
Meanwhile, the Jennifer Lopez vehicle Kiss of Spider Woman only managed a $1 m