Box Office: ‘Dune: Part Two’ Rides to Impressive $32 Million Opening Day
variety.comJ. Kim Murphy It’s a “Dune” boon for the box office. “Dune: Part Two” touched down with an impressive $32.1 million gross on opening day from 4,071 locations, a figure that also includes $12 million from Thursday evening and earlier event preview screenings.
That’s already the biggest opening weekend of the year, surpassing the $28.6 million three-day total of “Bob Marley: One Love.” “Dune: Part Two” has also nearly matched the $41 million debut that its predecessor landed back in October 2021, when Warner Bros.
simultaneously launched the film on its streamer (né HBO Max) and the theatrical landscape was still in a state of heavy rebuild as COVID lockdowns eased.
Even with those caveats though, that’s a remarkable step-up for a heady, epic-length follow-up. The question now is how high can “Dune” go.
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