Warner Bros.
“Dune: Half Two” is barreling towards one other field workplace milestone.
Director Denis Villeneuve’s science-fiction sequel has grossed $494.7 million globally, together with $208 million in North America and $289.4 million internationally. It ought to surpass the $500 million mark by Monday, a determine that few movies have reached in post-pandemic instances. Though it’s early within the 12 months, “Dune 2” is at the moment the highest-grossing movie of 2024 on the home and worldwide field workplace.
After 10 days on the massive display, “Half Two” surpassed your entire home tally of the primary movie ($108 million), though it’s price noting that the benchmark comes with a significant caveat. The unique 2021 movie was launched concurrently in theaters and on HBO Max, so its ticket gross sales had been stifled by the hybrid launch on streaming. Now, the follow-up movie has outgrossed its predecessor, which generated $433 million on the worldwide field workplace.
Outdoors of the U.S. and Canada, “Dune: Half Two” has loved the strongest turnout in China ($36 million), the U.Okay. ($32.8 million), Germany ($25 million), France ($24.9 million) and Australia ($15.6 million).
Glowing word-of-mouth and curiosity in premium codecs have saved the ticket gross sales flowing for “Dune 2.” Over the weekend, the movie surpassed $100 million from Imax screens alone, the seventh-fastest movie to succeed in the milestone.
Warner Bros. and Legendary Leisure co-produced and co-financed “Dune: Half Two,” which value $190 million to provide and roughly $100 million extra to advertise to international audiences. Regardless of the steep price ticket, the movie has retained the endurance wanted to justify these bills.
Based mostly on the second half of Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel, the story continues the mythic quest of Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides, who seeks security within the desert after highly effective royals betray his household. Austin Butler, Florence Pugh and Christopher Walken be part of the sprawling forged of Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin and Stellan Skarsgård.