They say numbers don't lie, but when it comes to the box office, they don't always tell the full story. As studios spend more and more on their blockbusters, hoping to create the next Marvel-sized "event film" hit, the amount of money a movie has to make to become profitable has gone up. Tron: Legacy, for example, grossed $400 million worldwide. That's objectively a lot of money, but the film cost close to $200 million to make before you add in marketing costs. Therefore $400 million doesn't quite cut it to automatically greenlight a sequel. …

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