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As the year draws to a close, Disney appears to be facing a pivotal moment. The string of high-profile failures and costly flops indicates a need for introspection and strategic recalibration. While external factors like COVID-19 may have played a role, the consensus increasingly points to internal misjudgments—especially the excessive confidence in risky franchises like Tron.
Whether Disney will change its course remains to be seen, but if it continues down this path of overspending on uncertain properties, it risks further erosion of its cinematic dominance. For now, Tron Aries will be remembered as another costly lesson in the peril of misreading audience preferences and the dangers of overreliance on legacy IPs that no longer resonate.