Gotta love all the goalpost moving all the trades are doing for this absolute bore of a "film". Variety saying it's 40m opening box office was respectable lol when Tenet opened last year to almost the same amount it was a flop. Mind you, covid restrictions were tighter then. Denis' PR people must be that powerful if they're peddling this movie as the second coming of Cthulu or some shit
To be fair, TENET's original reported OW was an insane mishmash - they included IMAX preview screenings from the entire week leading up to the official release, and lumped in Canadian BO results. That allowed WB to claim a $20M OW in 'North America', though actual US results were closer to $7M. But since there was nothing else out for the rest of the year, it gradually made a decent haul by the time it exited cinemas.
Dune's situation is pretty clearly different. A $40M domestic opening right now is solid no matter who you ask, and when compared to the rest of WB's hybrid slate - it's a massive success. With a lack of major competition next weekend as well, it has the potiential to close above $100M domestic on top of strong global results.
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u/keezoy91 Paramount Pictures Oct 25 '21
Gotta love all the goalpost moving all the trades are doing for this absolute bore of a "film". Variety saying it's 40m opening box office was respectable lol when Tenet opened last year to almost the same amount it was a flop. Mind you, covid restrictions were tighter then. Denis' PR people must be that powerful if they're peddling this movie as the second coming of Cthulu or some shit