Dune brings in $40.1-million in debut, despite hybrid release in theatres, streaming services

Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” debuted with $40.1-million in ticket sales in its opening weekend in North America, drawing a large number of moviegoers to see the thundering sci-fi epic on the big screen despite it also being available to stream in homes.

Warner Bros. has continued to maintain it will return to exclusive theatrical releases next year. For now, the $165-million-budgeted “Dune” marks the best domestic opening for any of the studio’s hybrid releases, surpassing the $31.7-million debut of “Godzilla vs. Kong” in March. Expectations had hovered closer to $30-35-million for “Dune.”

“Dune” is the second big-screen attempt to adapt Frank Herbert’s 1965 epic, following David Lynch’s much derided 1984 version. Villeneuve’s “Dune,” which adapts only the first half of the book, stars Timothee Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Javier Bardem. Legendary and Warner Bros. have yet to confirm a sequel to “Dune,” which chronicles a violent power shift on the desert planet Arrakis, where a valuable mineral called “spice” is harvested.

Last week’s top film, Universal Pictures’ horror sequel “Halloween Kills,” also launched well while streaming at home, on Peacock. After debuting with $50.4-million, “Halloween Kills” slid steeply in its second week with $14.5-million, good for second place. In two weeks, it has grossed $73.1-million domestically.

Another Chalamet film, “The French Dispatch,” also debuted strongly. The Wes Anderson film, released by Disney’s Searchlight Pictures, launched with $1.3-million in 52 theatres. That gave “The French Dispatch” the best per-theater average of the pandemic. Anderson’s ode to the New Yorker, which had been delayed by a year because of the pandemic, opens nationwide on Friday.

Good hope they make part 2 now

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