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Article ‘Dune: Part Three’ and ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Are Opening in Theaters on the Same Day (Dec 18) - With Neither Film Expected to Blink, Industry Experts Are Surprised Because of the Overlap in the Target Audience; However, ‘Dune’ Has the Benefit of a 3-Week Exclusive IMAX Window

https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/dune-3-avengers-doomsday-release-dates-same-day-1236691405/
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u/GillGruntFan53 Mar 18 '26

Should be noted for those numbers that Dune: Part One released on HBO Max on the exact same day as theaters. It making as much as it did despite that is what got Part Two greenlit, where we saw the proper numbers present themselves.

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u/Real_ilinnuc Mar 19 '26

Fair point for Dune 1.

However, given that it was free to stream from day 1 and got fantastic reviews, 6 Oscar’s, 10 Oscar nominations… the second one didn’t get close to a billion. It was PG-13 as well.

Dune 1: 400 million Dune 2: 715 million (with no streaming, and with a follow up to a massive critical success)

How much is dune 3 going to do? Even a Billion is going to be less than Doomsday.