Dune: Part Two has already outgrossed the original movie as it approaches a major milestone in week 3. The 2021 original, which adapted the first half of the Frank Herbert novel of the same name, had a compromised day-and-date streaming release that limited its theatrical prospects, though that didn’t prevent it from becoming the 12th highest-grossing movie of the year with a worldwide gross of $433.9 million. Immediately out of the gate, its sequel easily surpassed it, with an opening weekend total of $82.5 million that more than doubled the original’s $41 million opening.
Per Variety, by Monday the Dune: Part Two box office is projected to reach a total of $494.7 million worldwide. This total comes from a domestic gross of $208 million plus $289.4 million from international markets, marking the movie as the highest-grossing release of the year in both markets. It is also extremely close to passing the $500 million milestone, a benchmark that only nine movies passed in 2023, including the smash hits Barbie and Oppenheimer as well as the previous Timothée Chalamet-led project Wonka.
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Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two is the sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 film that covers the novel’s events by Frank Herbert. The movie continues the quest of Paul Atreides on a journey of revenge against those who slew his family. With insight into the future, Atreides may be forced to choose between his one true love and the universe’s fate.
- Director
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Denis Villeneuve
- Release Date
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March 1, 2024
- Studio(s)
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Legendary Pictures
- Distributor(s)
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Warner Bros. Pictures
- Writers
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Denis Villeneuve
, Jon Spaihts - Cast
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Timothee Chalamet
, Zendaya
, Florence Pugh
, Austin Butler
, Rebecca Ferguson - Franchise(s)
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Dune
- Sequel(s)
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Dune: Part Three
- prequel(s)
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Dune
- Budget
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$122 Million
