Comment Grossing Twice the Cost is a Flop? (Score 5, Informative) 367
Tron cost 17 million to make and pulled in 33 million. How is this considered a flop?
It was 22nd in the top grossing films of 1982. Blade Runner was 27th that year.
Maybe it wasn't the smash hit they were hoping for, but it looks like it did very well.