Scott Mendelson on TRON ARES bombing at $33 mil + ROOFMAN opens #2 + is The Rock finished?

Update: 2025-10-13

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Box office legend Scott Mendelson (Puck News) returns to discuss the disastrous opening weekend of TRON ARES and how Tron is yet another old IP that refuses to retire. Whose star has fallen harder, Jared Leto or Dwayne The Rock Johnson? Plus Scott's take on Channing Tatum in Roofman, what happened with J-Lo's KISS OF THE SPIDER-WOMAN, and the latest on the box office of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Subscribe to Scott's must-read substack The Outside Scoop: https://scottmendelson.substack.com/

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