1 of Disney’s Biggest Flops of 2025 Finds Huge Streaming Success

One of Disney‘s biggest flops from 2025 has become a considerable streaming success after finding a wider audience. Tron: Ares, which is now streaming on Disney+, has secured strong viewership. It outranks other notable releases on the platform on streaming analytics charts. Notably, the film originally premiered in theaters on October 10, 2025, to mixed critical reception.

Tron: Ares finds major success after streaming on Disney+

Tron: Ares, which became one of Disney’s biggest flops in 2025. It began streaming on Disney+ on January 7, 2026, is now the #1 movie on streaming charts. As depicted on FlixPatrol‘s chart of top 10 films as of January 11, 2026, the film has a popularity score of 740. Accordingly, it surpasses films like Avatar: The Way of Water (#2, popularity score – 618), Avatar (#3, popularity score – 527), Avatar: Fire and Ash | A Special Look (#4, popularity score – 367), Zootopia (#5, popularity score – 276), and Freakier Friday (#6, popularity score – 169).

At the time of its theatrical release, the film grossed $142.2 million against an estimated budget of $180-200 million.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film boasts a rotten score of 53% on the Tomatometer. However, it has a more robust score of 84% on the Popcornmeter. Meanwhile, Metacritic has given the action-adventure sci-fi movie a Metascore of 48 and a user score of 6.2. The former indicates “mixed or average” reception, and the latter denotes “generally favorable” reception.

Tron: Ares is the third installment of the Tron franchise. The series launched in 1982 with Jeff Bridges and Steven Lisberger’s Tron. It is the direct sequel to 2010’s Tron: Legacy, helmed by Joseph Kosinski.

The film’s story follows the artificial intelligence originating from the virtual world, The Grid — introduced and expanded upon in previous films — entering the real world. The main narrative follows Ares (Jared Leto), who arrives in the real world on a dangerous mission.

Joachim Rønning, who helmed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, directed the film. Meanwhile, Jesse Wigutow wrote the film’s screenplay while also contributing to the film’s story alongside David DiGilio.

Source: Comingsoon.net