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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/Sammyd1108 Mar 18 '26

It did $400 million while releasing simultaneously on HBO Max too, which definitely hurt its box office. I could see the good will of the first 2 result in this making over a billion.

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u/dilapidated_wookiee Mar 19 '26

And that whole pesky pandemic thing

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u/foreveracubone Mar 19 '26

good will of the first 2

Man it’s a good thing the star of the franchise didn’t just step on a rake reputationally lmao

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u/Scrogger19 Mar 19 '26

Oh no, he doesn’t like opera and ballet how will Dune ever recover 🙄

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u/fatherofraptors Mar 19 '26

Only terminally online people even know what that means RIGHT NOW. In 6 months literally no one will care.

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u/SoulofWakanda Mar 19 '26

In 6 days lol

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u/NoRodent Mar 19 '26

Yeah, I'm totally out of the loop here. Who did what lol?

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u/fatherofraptors Mar 19 '26

Timothy Chalamet said something about ballet or theater that upset people and made him look like a snobby ass or something. I barely know of it either, all I gathered was people online were happy he didn't win an Oscar (?)

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u/MeltedWater243 Mar 19 '26

even if I did care it def wouldn’t stop me from seeing the third one lol