‘Dune: Part Two’ Will Dust Off The Box Office With $170M Global Debut – Preview
deadline.comWe’ve been waiting for this one for quite some time. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros.’ Dune: Part Two opens this weekend in what’s a much-needed jolt of testosterone for the box office that’s been winded by the dual strikes’ delay of titles.
To date, the annual 2024 domestic box office hasn’t cracked a billion yet with only $866.3M through Sunday, -18% behind the Jan.
1-Feb. 25 frame a year ago. The second part to the multi-Oscar winning Denis Villeneuve 2021 feature take of the Frank Herbert classic novel could very well see a $170M worldwide opening — that’s divided into $85M–$90M abroad and another $80M on the high end in U.S./Canada (Warners is conservatively projecting $65M, but most exhibitors and tracking services see near $80M).
Content is king. Dune: Part Two at $190M was largely financed by Legendary, however, Warner Bros. does have a double digit low stake in the pic.
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