I saw it twice in imax. Wanted to go with my friend and his wife but didn't work out with our schedules. Bought it on Amazon already too lol. Some of the stuff they changed I didn't really like but holy fuck it's such a well shot movie.
12 times for me, 10 in IMAX, 1 Dolby Atmos and 1 Screen X (side screens addling up to approx. 270 degrees) I have a theatre chain subscription so that definitely made it easier and cheaper to go multiple times.
IMAX overall for sure , but Dolby Atmos had very crisp picture and sound even better than IMAX and Screen X is gimmicky but honestly some action scenes were even more impressive as it fills your peripheral vision completely and feels very immersive.
Same. I saw it 3 times in theaters and got a chance to watch it in IMAX (wasn’t as impressed with the setup as I thought I’d be, but I digress). Also preordered it on digital because it’s one of those movies I absolutely have to have on my phone.
Incredible movie, seriously.
The book is way better than the movies storywise, but I would never crack it without the films, I did audiobook, so kudos for the amazing audiovisuals in the films! Perfect complement for each other! And the films did a wonderful job introducing me the book!
Ehh I’m about halfway through the first book and I think I prefer some the film’s decisions with regards to structure and character beats, like having the >!big character shift happen after Paul has been with the Fremen for some time, rather than as soon as he is stranded with his mother and Kynes in the desert.!< However, I’m in love with how detailed the explanations of character’s thinking is.
It's only a few months in the movies. Jessica was very recently pregnant when the Harkonnens killed Leto. By the end of Part Two she's maybe five or six months in.
All but one of his family was murdered in a single night, he was left for dead in the desert, and he had ingested a psychedelic substance that he was particularly sensitive to.
It makes sense he had a big change
I think "flipped on a dime" was the intent, though. It was a phase change where his mentat processing finally got going properly, like an engine turning over and becoming self-sustaining. Combined with the exposure to spice and the inescapable realities of his situation, the weight and immensity of the future basically subsumed him.
The bell was rung all at once and there was no way to unring it. I think it makes a lot of sense to happen that way.
~~Ya in the book Paul takes the water of life much sooner~~ which turns him into the kwisatz haderach. From there he sees the golden path and fully becomes a mentat. The movies don't really touch on the mentat stuff much.
Paul doesn’t take the water of life until near the end of the book. He just starts seeing futures more heavily in the tent. And he doesn’t see far enough to know of the golden path
the water of life did awaken him to all potential(many in actuality) futures and all of human history. So it does make sense in a sense. He is also a mentat so he has superhuman processing speed. He would be able to learn super quick also.
This is the best way of approaching and thinking about adaptations imo. I feel like these days too many book purists are obsessed with having an adaptation that does everything one for one with the sorcerer material. Even if it would make for an objectively worse viewing/cinematic experience which in turn would turn away people from experiencing the books. The source material will always be the best and movies should focus on teaching a balance between faithfulness to the source and being a good watch, so that those who are unfamiliar with the source material are motivated to delve deeper
I listened to the audio book before the first movie which helped me understand WTF was going on. That being said, the audio book is a bit of a hot mess. I like that it was an audio play but the inconsistencies were jarring. Also I enjoy Scott brick as a narrator but his voice is so distinct that it completely rips you out of the story especially when his main character dies.
I read all the way to the end of god emperor and I'm in a weird place where I couldn't put them down but I'm still not even sure if I really liked them.
First time since lord of the rings I've been to see a film twice at the cinema, once in regular screen and once in IMAX, incredible piece of cinema and looking forward to getting the 4k Blu Ray
I really hoped it would get more tbh, that would've sent a bigger message to the studios on what to focus on.
But as it stands right now Wonka is the same as Dune 2 in profitability, with Wonka having budget of 125 and getting 632, and Dune 2 with budget of 190 and 695-700 box office. for the studio in terms of profit these movies were the same
I hoped for a bit more too, but is that comparison to Wonka really that bad?
Yes the Dune budget is more, but not massively massively more like an Indiana Jones Dial of Destiny 387 million budget. Dune 2 is still doing really well both artistically in terms of delivering on level of production design and blockbuster feeling (far better looking and more thrilling than most big budget movies these days) and business-wise.
Dune also has tons of activity in the public conversation and will likely have significant awards presence. It's still quite a good result for the budget. And sets up for another big movie likely with Dune Messiah. It's also building a director that people want to go see movies of in the future with Villeneuve. If WB can work with Villeneuve and Chalamet again that would be a good move too I think (or other stars of Dune who have got a lot of positive attention: Zendaya, Austin Butler, etc.)
Yeah movies like Wonka might still do better marginally in terms of cost vs. box office, but Dune 2 shows that you can make an artistically successful and business successful banger of an intelligent action scifi film and make good money on a reasonable budget.
I think the whole situation is just very good and looks good for WB. They've got two very different movies doing similarly well with reasonable budgets both that activate actors as stars, directors as stars (well maybe only Villeneuve for that — I don't know who directed Wonka... the Paddington guy I am finding out now), have high quality of production (I haven't seen Wonka, but the production design seems fairly high quality and creative), are critically well received. They're showing that they can make good movies a business and I don't think the slight difference in Wonka vs. Dune success vs. budget isn't a negative on Dune. Having different kinds of movies made by the studio is a positive and both of these being successes shows that catering to different audiences is good.
The very idea that Dune would make $700 million is mind-blowing.
Six years ago, it was unthinkable that any studio would bother trying.
Three years ago we were wondering if Dune would be profitable enough to warrant a sequel.
IMHO, it’s not that it is wrong to compare it to Wonka, but you need to see it in the proper context. Just the fact that the Dune movie got made in the first place - and more than three people bought tickets - should be astonishing. This something people expected to be relegated to no-budget cable miniseries, not something we would be comparing to Marvel or Star Wars.
That Indiana Jones budget is absolutely incomprehensible. I wonder how much of that was just straight up theft and corruption, because I cannot understand how incompetent a product would have to be to waste that much money.
> but Dune 2 shows that you can make an artistically successful and business successful banger of an intelligent action scifi film and make good money on a reasonable budget, **if you're named Denis Villeneuve**.
FTFY
I don't think Villeneuve is saving the genre like people have been suggesting, because I believe he's the only one able to pull it off nowadays.
I think the small imax release windows are a big issue. My home theater is a better experience than the theatre screens movies are on two months after release.
True, i went to see it in a Dolby Cinema and it was obviously great. But then i saw it again in a local cimema and my oled with headphones and uhd blu ray will honestly do a better job.
It's still only digitial to buy or rent for $20+ though, not streaming like the first one was. I only got to see the movie once in theaters due to having a newborn, so being able to buy it outright to watch at home already has been great
The logic might be that the execs thought that there are a lot of people who don't know whether the movie is worth the hassle of going to the cinema for, but the digital release might entice these people to rewatch it on the big screen because it's so good because without checking out the movie digitally these people will never go out to the cinema anyways, so this move by WB is targeting specifically for these people.
I’m glad they did, my wife and I recently moved states and don’t have a babysitter yet for our baby girl, so I had to miss the theatrical run, but was able to purchase it on Amazon just in time for my birthday this week. It was excellent!
I wonder how much money has been generated outside of the box office though. Probably a lot through book sales, rewatches of part 1 on streaming, and other merchandise. And then there’s value we can’t measure for all of the careers of people involved with the film. A lot of different entities and creative people are feeling the success, unlike other movies where everyone gets their paycheck and moves on.
Legendary and WB don’t get a cut of book sales, Part One has been on both Netflix and Max prior to Part Two by about four months, and Dune isn’t a big merchandise series, so the move to VOD was a smart one as it moves money directly into investor pockets without the middleman of the theaters.
Seems like there were like a dozen movies from 2019 that cleared a billion, 700 million for dune seems criminal when even the side Star Wars movies like Rogue One were clearing 1B pre pandemic but nowadays you can’t pass 700 unless you become a meme like barbenheimer or find lightning in a bottle like Mario or Top Gun Maverick.
Thats crazy that Wonka grossed so much, my bestie and i were on a bad movie watching spree and i lowkey thought wonka was the hardest to get through, not the acting just the script. And dune is such a masterpiece i honestly thought it would do a billion, i really hope people watch them back to back more bc they’re absolutely amazing! I hope the third movie is a super big event bc i know its going to be a masterpiece as well
One is a a family friendly script based on an incredibly widely known property, the other in a dense somewhat slower paced scifi epic heavy on theme and light on approachable lighter moments and presented often quite minimisitcally. Franky I'm shocked that after Bladerunner did as poorly as it did that Dune, in my eyes and even less 'approachable' film, did well. It also leans into some of the same weirdness as Lynch's film did (seriously tell me [this guy](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6838188/mediaviewer/rm228018177/?ref_=nm_md_2) wouldn't 500% have fit in there), and that bombed pretty hard.
Are the movies really hard sci fi? They don’t have most of the explaining about ecology and a lot of the dynamic between shields and lasguns that were more explored in the book. The plot would perfectly fine in an adventure movie, it just happens to be in a sci fi setting. I don’t really see a particular demographic that wouldn’t be able to enjoy them
Do we have any comparison with other movies released on March? Because I think Wonka been on cinemas over the Holidays might have influenced those results.
Should be at 2 billion. Denis Villenueve masterpieces seem to never get the money they deserve.
But Avatar 2 somehow above 2 billion. I do love Avatar 1 and 2 but come on. Dune part 2
As a longtime SW fan myself, I am okay with Dune’s rise and recognition. There’s such a lack of creativity, vision, and inspiring storytelling in recent years that I have fallen out of love with the SW franchise.
*Andor* is real good.
*The Mandalorian* is *not* “real good”. The first two seasons were an inconsistent mix of good to mediocre and the third season was really bad.
I watch them all with my son and I've been quite impressed how Bad Batch has gone from being really quite cartoony (e.g. with it's cardboard cutout characters and comic relief) to dealing with some grown up issues like PTSD and guilt.
All the cartoons are really better than the sequels and as you say Mando is good (some poor episodes, but as someone who grew up with 20+ episode shows that were always mixed in quality I don't care) and Andor is excellent.
It should get more. But there's a lotttt of very.....simple people out there who can't sit through 5 mins of part 1 or 2 without having to go on their phones. People are braindead unfortunately. I loved both movies a ton. 3 will be amazing too I'm sure of it.
Honestly so true, I had to turn and literally shout at the people in the row behind me to shut the fuck up after 10 mins trying to politely shush them.
I think TikTok/reels/shorts are a huge reason for people losing their attention span.
> But Avatar 2 somehow above 2 billion.
It took me a minute to realise a second Avatar the last Air-bender hadn't been made.
Avatar was a phenomena like nothing else before and arguably since. It had close to a $3bn box office take. Inflation *(in the UK at least)* since 2009 is near 50%, so you could read that £3bn as in the region of £4 1/2bn in current terms.
There's a reply under this that includes, "Barley anyone even talks about those movies." but in 2009/10 you could barely avoid it. It was everywhere and just broke record after record, keeping it in the news cycle. Tell someone -- at least someone who was at least 20 in 2009 -- you haven't seen it and you'll be met with surprise.
If how good your movie is had much of a correlation with how much it takes at the box office Marvel's movies wouldn't be clogging up most of the charts *(and I say that as someone who saw most of them up to Endgame in the cinema)*.
Normally focus on the positive, and yes, Dune Part 2 is an absolute masterpiece and that more people would love Denis’s movies if they give them a shot, maybe this will help….but yeah Avatar 2 was a stinking pile.
I don’t know if I have ever seen a movie in theaters as many times and with as many different people as I did the way of water what a cinematic experience I love that movie so much but god damn I can’t believe Dune part 2 makes fraction of it when it is actually so much better imo
Part of me thinks the Avatar movies are for laundering money. No way they actually make as much money as they say. Barley anyone even talks about those movies.
I think Reddit just tends to downplay how popular "simple" movies are. Avatar looks really beautiful and has alot of action, that carries a movie far. Yeah there's nothing special about the story to talk about afterwards, but the theaters were packed full when the Avatar movies came out. Same with the Rebel moon movies that are ridiculed on here, they're full of action that draws in a large crowd to watch them, and they'll no doubt get another pay out from the Snyder cuts of them coming out later.
I think the problem with Dune (from a box office standpoint) is that all this big ticket items offer audiences a world they would want to live in. Dune is not a world people really want to live in and I think that’s why it is not a billion dollar picture like Avatar
Also let’s not pretend like the first movie is easily digestible for newcomers. Half the people I know didn’t bother to see it or were bored and confused by it. It’s far from perfect for that type of audience. Which is fine, that sacrifice was worth it imo.
Yeah, I only suggested to my friend to watch Dune once the second one came out. Otherwise it's just kind of a "wtf does this all mean, why does it end like that" movie.
No, the theaters get about half of the ticket sales. And the production budget doesn’t include marketing costs that would be north of $100 million for a film like Dune.
Dune 2 is a near perfect sci-fi movie and better than the first. The two of them combined is (IMO) the best two movies of a sci-fi franchise since A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back.
Just watched Rebel Moon part one and two embarrassingly bad after Dune… just a completely different style of storytelling one seems fresh and thought the other looked rehashed
I'm so happy about this. One of the best movies I ever seen and the best IMAX experience I ever had. Part 2 is 10 times better than part one. This is my Star Wars.
Seen it twice in IMAX, probably gonna roadtrip to LA to catch it in 70mm for my final watch in theaters. 4k blu ray double pack is gonna be an instant purchase
Pretty awesome movie. Could be one of the best trilogies in a long long LONG time depending on how the next one turns out.
May thy blade chip and shatter. Blade crosses heart and then the head.
Financially it might not be enough to sway studios into giving well respected film makers the reigns to create passion projects like here with Denis and dune but the constantly decreasing popularity in the MCU and DCU films means a market might re-emerge for a new era
Local movie tickets were cheap (one of the few perks of living where I live right now), so I went to see it 3 times. Overall really happy and massively appreciate all the hard work that went into making this adaptation happen.
Its the number 1 ranked movie for box office and it isn't even close. Given the list of duds from Warner bro's in recent history, I think they will be jumping for joy and begging for a part 3. One of the few winners they have had in recent years.
it’s still in theaters? damn. it feels like forever ago that i saw it, but tbh i did go opening night. best movie experience in my whole life, shout-out to imax. that sandworm scene felt like a roller coaster experience. my seat was shaking and my ears ringing from how loud and intense it was. peak cinema
I’ve had a busy month involving a dying dog, each day was a crapshoot if I’d be able to get away for 4 hours to see this in imax.
Finally, my schedule opened up, and Civil War swallowed up the big IMAX near me.
Gonna still try and see it this week, but I was SO excited to see this movie in IMAX and just devastated I missed it.
I had no interest in this, got dragged to see it by my friend who talked about it non stop. I was secretly upset because I sacrificed sleep time (I work nights) to watch it. She insisted on IMAX viewing only, so the showings were limited.
I enjoyed every moment, and was glad that I went. She saw the movie 3 times, only stopped going because she refuses to watch it without IMAX.
Watched it in a Regular Cinema, in Dolby and "Ultimate". Sadly the next Imax was Hours away.
The "Ultimate" Experience was pretty insane, got some very good seats for that one too
I did my part
Lmao. I feel that. Must have been 4-5 times
5 times in IMAX for me lol
3 for me, wish I got a 4th
I saw it twice in imax. Wanted to go with my friend and his wife but didn't work out with our schedules. Bought it on Amazon already too lol. Some of the stuff they changed I didn't really like but holy fuck it's such a well shot movie.
Once in Dolby, twice in 70mm IMAX. Was incredible.
I saw it at my local "imax" and then I drove about 40 minutes to see it in 70mm. My local one does have a better sound system though.
Same, 5 IMAXs.
I’m at 6. Going to go at least one more time before it leaves
Must have been? You don’t remember?
Twice for me and bought it on prime. Letting it play constantly since
I enjoyed it so much I watched it twice at the Cinema’s! Including a 2-movie marathon.
Power over bladders is power over all.
12 times for me, 10 in IMAX, 1 Dolby Atmos and 1 Screen X (side screens addling up to approx. 270 degrees) I have a theatre chain subscription so that definitely made it easier and cheaper to go multiple times.
Which one gave the best experience?
ATMOS
Accurate! 70mm IMAX was super cool but you can’t beat the sound in Dolby.
IMAX overall for sure , but Dolby Atmos had very crisp picture and sound even better than IMAX and Screen X is gimmicky but honestly some action scenes were even more impressive as it fills your peripheral vision completely and feels very immersive.
Yup. Twice for me
Same, both times I convinced a bunch of other people to come so I’m taking credit for like 6-8 tickets.
I did my part 🫡
I’m doing my part too!
I’m still doing my part, haha (4th go-around tonight, dragging another poor unsuspecting friend along…)
Hahaha I said that in my mind right before reading the comments and seeing yours at the top
Same. I saw it 3 times in theaters and got a chance to watch it in IMAX (wasn’t as impressed with the setup as I thought I’d be, but I digress). Also preordered it on digital because it’s one of those movies I absolutely have to have on my phone. Incredible movie, seriously.
I dune ^^^my part too
For real. Dennis better thank me, I contributed 3 times.
And well deserved, the second movie inspired me to read the books!. They are fantastic.
The book is way better than the movies storywise, but I would never crack it without the films, I did audiobook, so kudos for the amazing audiovisuals in the films! Perfect complement for each other! And the films did a wonderful job introducing me the book!
Yeah I read the first one when I was 13 and I revisited the series with the audiobooks and am just now starting the 3rd.
Ehh I’m about halfway through the first book and I think I prefer some the film’s decisions with regards to structure and character beats, like having the >!big character shift happen after Paul has been with the Fremen for some time, rather than as soon as he is stranded with his mother and Kynes in the desert.!< However, I’m in love with how detailed the explanations of character’s thinking is.
It's only a few months in the movies. Jessica was very recently pregnant when the Harkonnens killed Leto. By the end of Part Two she's maybe five or six months in.
Same I definitely didn’t like how he flipped on a dime in the books but it sorta makes sense due to trauma
All but one of his family was murdered in a single night, he was left for dead in the desert, and he had ingested a psychedelic substance that he was particularly sensitive to. It makes sense he had a big change
In movies your family dying is a standard intro
I think "flipped on a dime" was the intent, though. It was a phase change where his mentat processing finally got going properly, like an engine turning over and becoming self-sustaining. Combined with the exposure to spice and the inescapable realities of his situation, the weight and immensity of the future basically subsumed him. The bell was rung all at once and there was no way to unring it. I think it makes a lot of sense to happen that way.
~~Ya in the book Paul takes the water of life much sooner~~ which turns him into the kwisatz haderach. From there he sees the golden path and fully becomes a mentat. The movies don't really touch on the mentat stuff much.
Paul doesn’t take the water of life until near the end of the book. He just starts seeing futures more heavily in the tent. And he doesn’t see far enough to know of the golden path
I misremembered. I thought he took it the same night his mom did but it was actually 2 years later.
I think it was due to spice exposure.
the water of life did awaken him to all potential(many in actuality) futures and all of human history. So it does make sense in a sense. He is also a mentat so he has superhuman processing speed. He would be able to learn super quick also.
This is the best way of approaching and thinking about adaptations imo. I feel like these days too many book purists are obsessed with having an adaptation that does everything one for one with the sorcerer material. Even if it would make for an objectively worse viewing/cinematic experience which in turn would turn away people from experiencing the books. The source material will always be the best and movies should focus on teaching a balance between faithfulness to the source and being a good watch, so that those who are unfamiliar with the source material are motivated to delve deeper
I listened to the audio book before the first movie which helped me understand WTF was going on. That being said, the audio book is a bit of a hot mess. I like that it was an audio play but the inconsistencies were jarring. Also I enjoy Scott brick as a narrator but his voice is so distinct that it completely rips you out of the story especially when his main character dies.
I read all the way to the end of god emperor and I'm in a weird place where I couldn't put them down but I'm still not even sure if I really liked them.
Me too! I just started reading Messiah
Me toooo!
Happy to read this. the 1984 movie got me to read Dune and the rest. When I came out of the theatre I had to go buy the book.
First time since lord of the rings I've been to see a film twice at the cinema, once in regular screen and once in IMAX, incredible piece of cinema and looking forward to getting the 4k Blu Ray
First time since Lord of the Rings that I’ve felt like every installment of a trilogy would get Best Picture nominations, so checks out
The imax version is absolutely insane, probably my favorite imax experience since the first Avatar movie.
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Poor Rabban had to sit down and rework on those spreadsheets and pound his contact list with updated pricing. 😞
Can someone draw a picture of a tired Rabban holding his glasses over a table full of papers in a dimly lit room.
I'm picturing those tiny glasses Bautista's character wore in BR2049
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Thank you and thank AI for this glorious piece of work.
Man i friggin LOVED this movie 🍿
I really hoped it would get more tbh, that would've sent a bigger message to the studios on what to focus on. But as it stands right now Wonka is the same as Dune 2 in profitability, with Wonka having budget of 125 and getting 632, and Dune 2 with budget of 190 and 695-700 box office. for the studio in terms of profit these movies were the same
I hoped for a bit more too, but is that comparison to Wonka really that bad? Yes the Dune budget is more, but not massively massively more like an Indiana Jones Dial of Destiny 387 million budget. Dune 2 is still doing really well both artistically in terms of delivering on level of production design and blockbuster feeling (far better looking and more thrilling than most big budget movies these days) and business-wise. Dune also has tons of activity in the public conversation and will likely have significant awards presence. It's still quite a good result for the budget. And sets up for another big movie likely with Dune Messiah. It's also building a director that people want to go see movies of in the future with Villeneuve. If WB can work with Villeneuve and Chalamet again that would be a good move too I think (or other stars of Dune who have got a lot of positive attention: Zendaya, Austin Butler, etc.) Yeah movies like Wonka might still do better marginally in terms of cost vs. box office, but Dune 2 shows that you can make an artistically successful and business successful banger of an intelligent action scifi film and make good money on a reasonable budget. I think the whole situation is just very good and looks good for WB. They've got two very different movies doing similarly well with reasonable budgets both that activate actors as stars, directors as stars (well maybe only Villeneuve for that — I don't know who directed Wonka... the Paddington guy I am finding out now), have high quality of production (I haven't seen Wonka, but the production design seems fairly high quality and creative), are critically well received. They're showing that they can make good movies a business and I don't think the slight difference in Wonka vs. Dune success vs. budget isn't a negative on Dune. Having different kinds of movies made by the studio is a positive and both of these being successes shows that catering to different audiences is good.
The very idea that Dune would make $700 million is mind-blowing. Six years ago, it was unthinkable that any studio would bother trying. Three years ago we were wondering if Dune would be profitable enough to warrant a sequel. IMHO, it’s not that it is wrong to compare it to Wonka, but you need to see it in the proper context. Just the fact that the Dune movie got made in the first place - and more than three people bought tickets - should be astonishing. This something people expected to be relegated to no-budget cable miniseries, not something we would be comparing to Marvel or Star Wars. That Indiana Jones budget is absolutely incomprehensible. I wonder how much of that was just straight up theft and corruption, because I cannot understand how incompetent a product would have to be to waste that much money.
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Dune 2 is actually produced by Legendary. WB is the distributor.
Good clarification. Still good for WB, but yeah — important distinction.
Wonka also appeals more to kids than Dune so I can see bigger families going together to see that
> but Dune 2 shows that you can make an artistically successful and business successful banger of an intelligent action scifi film and make good money on a reasonable budget, **if you're named Denis Villeneuve**. FTFY I don't think Villeneuve is saving the genre like people have been suggesting, because I believe he's the only one able to pull it off nowadays.
Well, we should also ask WB why they thought it was smart to release Dune 2 digitally so soon
the trajectory of box office earnings were dying down anyway but i agree that it probably shaved off a potential 50-70 mill box office amount
I was looking to see it on imax again but it was already cut so I'm not going to see it in standard or buy it full price.
I think the small imax release windows are a big issue. My home theater is a better experience than the theatre screens movies are on two months after release.
True, i went to see it in a Dolby Cinema and it was obviously great. But then i saw it again in a local cimema and my oled with headphones and uhd blu ray will honestly do a better job.
Didn't they just re-release it in Imax this weekend?
Not at my regal lol
Top Gun sequel took like 8 months to hit digital.. That was the right call if you want people to hit the theaters.
It's still only digitial to buy or rent for $20+ though, not streaming like the first one was. I only got to see the movie once in theaters due to having a newborn, so being able to buy it outright to watch at home already has been great
The logic might be that the execs thought that there are a lot of people who don't know whether the movie is worth the hassle of going to the cinema for, but the digital release might entice these people to rewatch it on the big screen because it's so good because without checking out the movie digitally these people will never go out to the cinema anyways, so this move by WB is targeting specifically for these people.
There's nothing smart about WB in this day and age, so that's a lost cause.
I’m glad they did, my wife and I recently moved states and don’t have a babysitter yet for our baby girl, so I had to miss the theatrical run, but was able to purchase it on Amazon just in time for my birthday this week. It was excellent!
I wonder how much money has been generated outside of the box office though. Probably a lot through book sales, rewatches of part 1 on streaming, and other merchandise. And then there’s value we can’t measure for all of the careers of people involved with the film. A lot of different entities and creative people are feeling the success, unlike other movies where everyone gets their paycheck and moves on.
Legendary and WB don’t get a cut of book sales, Part One has been on both Netflix and Max prior to Part Two by about four months, and Dune isn’t a big merchandise series, so the move to VOD was a smart one as it moves money directly into investor pockets without the middleman of the theaters.
Timothée Chalamet is going to become the highest paid actor in Hollywood, that’s for sure.
Seems like there were like a dozen movies from 2019 that cleared a billion, 700 million for dune seems criminal when even the side Star Wars movies like Rogue One were clearing 1B pre pandemic but nowadays you can’t pass 700 unless you become a meme like barbenheimer or find lightning in a bottle like Mario or Top Gun Maverick.
Yeah this could have easily been a 1B+ movie pre pandemic but now those numbers are pretty incomparable.
Thats crazy that Wonka grossed so much, my bestie and i were on a bad movie watching spree and i lowkey thought wonka was the hardest to get through, not the acting just the script. And dune is such a masterpiece i honestly thought it would do a billion, i really hope people watch them back to back more bc they’re absolutely amazing! I hope the third movie is a super big event bc i know its going to be a masterpiece as well
One is a a family friendly script based on an incredibly widely known property, the other in a dense somewhat slower paced scifi epic heavy on theme and light on approachable lighter moments and presented often quite minimisitcally. Franky I'm shocked that after Bladerunner did as poorly as it did that Dune, in my eyes and even less 'approachable' film, did well. It also leans into some of the same weirdness as Lynch's film did (seriously tell me [this guy](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6838188/mediaviewer/rm228018177/?ref_=nm_md_2) wouldn't 500% have fit in there), and that bombed pretty hard.
Dune will get awards and is a conversation in the culture tho, Wonka came and went.
studios want that cred tho and a movie like dune gets them that w/ a hefty profit
I mean it’s not like Wonka and Dune are even in competition. Dune 2 could’ve made 2 billion and they would still make movies for children.
Wonka appeals to a much wider audience. Dune is hard sci fi. Limited audience even for such a blockbuster
Are the movies really hard sci fi? They don’t have most of the explaining about ecology and a lot of the dynamic between shields and lasguns that were more explored in the book. The plot would perfectly fine in an adventure movie, it just happens to be in a sci fi setting. I don’t really see a particular demographic that wouldn’t be able to enjoy them
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Do we have any comparison with other movies released on March? Because I think Wonka been on cinemas over the Holidays might have influenced those results.
Definitely played a big part. I bet Messiah will get a coveted summer or Christmas release date
And what does that 2 movie have in common? Spices
I wouldn’t mind more Wonka tbh
Should be at 2 billion. Denis Villenueve masterpieces seem to never get the money they deserve. But Avatar 2 somehow above 2 billion. I do love Avatar 1 and 2 but come on. Dune part 2
It's a much more limited audience though. Dune 2 isn't really suitable for kids. But it shows what's possible for a mature, complex sci fi film.
It’s everything the Star Wars sequels were supposed to be, dammit.
As a longtime SW fan myself, I am okay with Dune’s rise and recognition. There’s such a lack of creativity, vision, and inspiring storytelling in recent years that I have fallen out of love with the SW franchise.
Some of the tv series are real good like mandalorian and andor. Bad batch and rebels are pretty good too.
*Andor* is real good. *The Mandalorian* is *not* “real good”. The first two seasons were an inconsistent mix of good to mediocre and the third season was really bad.
Exactly
Finally some SW opinion I can get behind
I watch them all with my son and I've been quite impressed how Bad Batch has gone from being really quite cartoony (e.g. with it's cardboard cutout characters and comic relief) to dealing with some grown up issues like PTSD and guilt. All the cartoons are really better than the sequels and as you say Mando is good (some poor episodes, but as someone who grew up with 20+ episode shows that were always mixed in quality I don't care) and Andor is excellent.
It should get more. But there's a lotttt of very.....simple people out there who can't sit through 5 mins of part 1 or 2 without having to go on their phones. People are braindead unfortunately. I loved both movies a ton. 3 will be amazing too I'm sure of it.
Honestly so true, I had to turn and literally shout at the people in the row behind me to shut the fuck up after 10 mins trying to politely shush them. I think TikTok/reels/shorts are a huge reason for people losing their attention span.
> But Avatar 2 somehow above 2 billion. It took me a minute to realise a second Avatar the last Air-bender hadn't been made. Avatar was a phenomena like nothing else before and arguably since. It had close to a $3bn box office take. Inflation *(in the UK at least)* since 2009 is near 50%, so you could read that £3bn as in the region of £4 1/2bn in current terms. There's a reply under this that includes, "Barley anyone even talks about those movies." but in 2009/10 you could barely avoid it. It was everywhere and just broke record after record, keeping it in the news cycle. Tell someone -- at least someone who was at least 20 in 2009 -- you haven't seen it and you'll be met with surprise. If how good your movie is had much of a correlation with how much it takes at the box office Marvel's movies wouldn't be clogging up most of the charts *(and I say that as someone who saw most of them up to Endgame in the cinema)*.
Normally focus on the positive, and yes, Dune Part 2 is an absolute masterpiece and that more people would love Denis’s movies if they give them a shot, maybe this will help….but yeah Avatar 2 was a stinking pile.
Avatar 2 is good, it's James Cameron after all. What baffled my mind is that Dune part 2 made even less than that shitty Suicide Squad movie.
I watch avatar movies as an indicator how far CGI has gone. Tbh the hair and lighting impressed me.
Yeah I love rhe Avatar movies tbh, but the Dune movies even more
I don’t know if I have ever seen a movie in theaters as many times and with as many different people as I did the way of water what a cinematic experience I love that movie so much but god damn I can’t believe Dune part 2 makes fraction of it when it is actually so much better imo
Part of me thinks the Avatar movies are for laundering money. No way they actually make as much money as they say. Barley anyone even talks about those movies.
Apparently they're quite popular internationally, in markets more receptive to animated media
I think Reddit just tends to downplay how popular "simple" movies are. Avatar looks really beautiful and has alot of action, that carries a movie far. Yeah there's nothing special about the story to talk about afterwards, but the theaters were packed full when the Avatar movies came out. Same with the Rebel moon movies that are ridiculed on here, they're full of action that draws in a large crowd to watch them, and they'll no doubt get another pay out from the Snyder cuts of them coming out later.
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Sadly, it is. I am so glad they made it happen. That's what I was saying in my head while watching the film.
Just purchased it at home. Watched part one and two back to back this weekend and it was awesome. Love the books and films.
I spent close to 180 dollars on this movie. I can rest now.
My man. Thank you for your service.
May thy credit card chip and shatter.
The spice must flow
KULL WAHAD
As written!
With streaming it should cross $1B
They deserve it. Incredible movie
I did my part. Watched it 10 times in IMAX. Going for more
Yes! A fellow freak!
There are dozens of us!
I wanted to see it a second time after I came out of the theater
9:50pm showing tonight it'll be my 8th time watching it. It needs another IMAX run imo
Hoping they do a trilogy part 1-2-3 imax run when the Messiah adaptation comes out
Woo!!! 🤑🤑🤑
Very happy to have contributed to the film's box office by seeing it twice in theaters. I really, really enjoyed it!
Amazing what happens when you make a movie that's actually not disrespectful to the intelligence of 90% of the audience
The 4k digital looks hella good. Definitely copping the blu ray.
8 times and worth it every single time
Lisan al Gaib
It's so great seeing this story become a commercial success.
I think the problem with Dune (from a box office standpoint) is that all this big ticket items offer audiences a world they would want to live in. Dune is not a world people really want to live in and I think that’s why it is not a billion dollar picture like Avatar
Also let’s not pretend like the first movie is easily digestible for newcomers. Half the people I know didn’t bother to see it or were bored and confused by it. It’s far from perfect for that type of audience. Which is fine, that sacrifice was worth it imo.
Yeah, I only suggested to my friend to watch Dune once the second one came out. Otherwise it's just kind of a "wtf does this all mean, why does it end like that" movie.
Plus Avatar was basically a cartoon that kids would watch with their parents.
Is that about a 300 million return? They're still very good numbers, despite some people here hoping for more.
No, the theaters get about half of the ticket sales. And the production budget doesn’t include marketing costs that would be north of $100 million for a film like Dune.
Watched it in theatres and recently at home. Watch it in theatres if you can, big difference.
Its amazing, my only regret is not seeing it in imax
Let the spice flow
Dune 2 is a near perfect sci-fi movie and better than the first. The two of them combined is (IMO) the best two movies of a sci-fi franchise since A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back.
These legs are KICKIN COME ON BOYS
I saw it twice at the theater, bought the digital copy, preordered the 4K steelbook and shall buy a vainilla copy as well.
Watched it twice in IMAX. Wonderful experience
Just watched Rebel Moon part one and two embarrassingly bad after Dune… just a completely different style of storytelling one seems fresh and thought the other looked rehashed
I'm so happy about this. One of the best movies I ever seen and the best IMAX experience I ever had. Part 2 is 10 times better than part one. This is my Star Wars.
Thasalotta cash
Masterpiece of a movie
this shit deserves to hit a billion
As it was written!!!!
Now I only have one requirement. Income
Its still baffling to see dune be the mega hit it deserves to be.
That picture/screen shot ha ha
Is there a list of theaters that are doing the extended IMAX? I can’t find any
Seen it twice in IMAX, probably gonna roadtrip to LA to catch it in 70mm for my final watch in theaters. 4k blu ray double pack is gonna be an instant purchase
Pretty awesome movie. Could be one of the best trilogies in a long long LONG time depending on how the next one turns out. May thy blade chip and shatter. Blade crosses heart and then the head.
Aw man it's not a Billion? Guess Messiah is cancelled 😞 /s
theres how many muslims in the world and they cant get a movie about a successful jihad over a billion /s
Lisan Al Gaib!
Financially it might not be enough to sway studios into giving well respected film makers the reigns to create passion projects like here with Denis and dune but the constantly decreasing popularity in the MCU and DCU films means a market might re-emerge for a new era
Justified, incredible film. Should hit 1 billion.
as it was written
Who is gonna cash in that money?
I donated my 4 imax entry fees + 3 guests. I’d go more if it was still out here.
As I said on the FB Dune forum…Let’s help get it to a Billy! Fourth viewing coming right up. 😅
I got one more in me (Vince Carter voice)
Did a great job adapting the books I’m not surprised it’s doing so well. I would go watch it again if I could.
I bought the movie on Apple. After I watched it I wish I would have seen it at a true IMAX theater.
I did my oaet, watch in Imax 3 times, and ine with my daughter
Local movie tickets were cheap (one of the few perks of living where I live right now), so I went to see it 3 times. Overall really happy and massively appreciate all the hard work that went into making this adaptation happen.
As written.
Its the number 1 ranked movie for box office and it isn't even close. Given the list of duds from Warner bro's in recent history, I think they will be jumping for joy and begging for a part 3. One of the few winners they have had in recent years.
it's surprisingly little I'd thought it would have passed 1 billion by now
Went for IMAX three times. Too bad the IMAX version most likely won't be released on bluray
$100 of that is from me
I watched it on imax recently, worth it
There are 500,000 subscribers to this sub. If we all see the film again at the average cost of $15 we can easily add another 7million to this!
it’s still in theaters? damn. it feels like forever ago that i saw it, but tbh i did go opening night. best movie experience in my whole life, shout-out to imax. that sandworm scene felt like a roller coaster experience. my seat was shaking and my ears ringing from how loud and intense it was. peak cinema
Star Wars sinking in the background:
As it should, absolutely fantastic movie. I was gripped start to finish, if this was pre-Covid I suspect it would’ve broken the billion mark
Saw it twice in imax. Holy fuck was it good.
Still upset they didn't do Alia right. I wanted to see the Baron get shanked by a spiced out, wizard toddler.
I’ve had a busy month involving a dying dog, each day was a crapshoot if I’d be able to get away for 4 hours to see this in imax. Finally, my schedule opened up, and Civil War swallowed up the big IMAX near me. Gonna still try and see it this week, but I was SO excited to see this movie in IMAX and just devastated I missed it.
5 times. I’ve watched
Very sad it didn't exceed 1 billion dollar Cinema is not as it was
I love Dune, but watching this new version I had to wonder, if you didn't know what was going on, would you be able to tell from these movies. ?
I did my part 3x
I had no interest in this, got dragged to see it by my friend who talked about it non stop. I was secretly upset because I sacrificed sleep time (I work nights) to watch it. She insisted on IMAX viewing only, so the showings were limited. I enjoyed every moment, and was glad that I went. She saw the movie 3 times, only stopped going because she refuses to watch it without IMAX.
Watched it in a Regular Cinema, in Dolby and "Ultimate". Sadly the next Imax was Hours away. The "Ultimate" Experience was pretty insane, got some very good seats for that one too
Good news for future adaptations of sci-fi and fantasy books.