USA Box Office: “Dune: Part Two” was a huge success. Chalamet, Zendaya draws crowds

Denis Villeneuve's show was originally supposed to hit theaters in November. Due to the actors' strike, which prevented the stars from promoting the series, Warner Bros. decided to release the series. I decided to postpone the premiere to the beginning of March. It was a very good decision for American cinemas. Since the beginning of the year, only two launches have achieved relatively strong results. However, none of them can be compared “Dune 2”. Tomorrow, the show will become the highest-grossing premiere of the year!

Film Exit: We review the movie “Dune: Part 2”

“Dune: Part Two” More than 5 million viewers watched it at the opening, i.e. 70% of the total audience. Nearly half chose more expensive, larger format cinemas (such as IMAX). Thanks to this, the impact of the Warner Bros. show is currently estimated at $81.5 million. Thus, the film has met the expectations of Hollywood, which allocated no less than $80 million for its opening.

“Dune: Part Two” achieved the best opening in the career of director Denis Villeneuve and a number of its stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson and Austin Butler. 81.5 million is also the ninth best opening in March premiere history.

But it is too The opening is double what the first “Dune” achieved, which was released in cinemas simultaneously with its premiere on the HBO Max platform. This show grossed $110 million. this result “Dune: Part Two” It will likely be achieved before the beginning of next week.

“Dune: Part Two” It wasn't the only big news of the week. They also hit movie theaters Two additional episodes for the fourth season of the series “The Chosen One: The Chosen One”. To date, they have raised $3.2 million. For comparison: The first three episodes of Season 4 a month ago grossed $5.9 million at opening, while episodes 4-6 two weeks ago grossed $3.6 million.

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^{* Opening result from the same weekend}

Next Friday, Hollywood studios have two big news in store. Universal will try to attract parents with children through animation “Kung Fu Panda 4”. Lionsgate, in turn, has an offer “illusion”A new horror film directed by Truth or Dare. In turn, the studio behind the success of “Voice of Liberty” will offer viewers a new Christian production – the biography of Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini – “goat”.

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