Dune opened to $5.1 million in Thursday previews and is projected to generate $30 million to $40 million in its first three days of release.
,” an ambitious adaptation of Frank Herbert’s famously unadaptable sci-fi epic, opened to a lordly $5.1 million in Thursday previews. The film will unspool across 4,100 theaters in the U.S. and Canada on Friday and is projected to generate $30 million to $40 million in its first three days of release. “Dune” centers on a group of aristocratic families who are vying for control of a desert planet that contains a natural resource, dubbed “spice,” of enormous value.
The Warner Bros. and Legendary production is debuting simultaneously on HBO Max, which could depress ticket sales. That’s part of a larger corporate strategy undertaken by the studio which opted to debut all of its films day-and-date on the streamer as a concession to COVID-19. By way of context when it comes to “Dune’s” preview results, last weekend’schamp “Halloween Kills” nabbed $4.9 million from Thursday evening shows en route to a $49.
One of the weekend’s other major wide releases, “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” an animated adventure from Disney and 20th Century, grossed $240,000 in previews. The sci-fi comedy cartoon is estimated to open to a muted $7 million to $10 million this weekend. “Dune,” which was largely embraced by critics , is directed by Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve, the auteur behind such cerebral spectacles as “Blade Runner 2049” and “Arrival.” It stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem and cost a hefty $165 million to produce. Villeneuve split Herbert’s door-stop of a novel in two and has said he would like to direct a follow-up.
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