The Dune movies have now collectively earned over a billion dollars at the box office, thanks to the massive gains of Dune: Part Two.
At the time of writing this, Dune has earned approximately $434.8M at the worldwide box office, while Dune: Part Two has earned about $575M worldwide – a total of about $1.01 billion. That's a pretty monumental feat for director Denis Villeneuve and Warner Bros. Pictures – especially considering everything this new version of Dune has been through.
It's no secret that Dune: Part Two is the half of this two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune novel that is doing the heaviest lifting. Dune had its original 2020 release up-ended by the COVID pandemic; when it was released in fall of 2021 it was done so as part of Warner Bros.' controversial simultaneous release strategy, which put it out on HBO Max streaming at the same time it was in theaters.
Now Dune: Part Two has confirmed what a lot of fans of Dune hoped it would. The spectacle of the sequel has made it a must-see draw in premium formats and the exclusive theatrical release has ensured that Dune 2 is collecting all the money its predecessor was denied – which is quite a bit of coin. It must also be noted that Dune: Part Two is still in its first month of theatrical release.
Will There Be a Dune 3?The larger saga of Dune extends far beyond the events of the first book. Dune director Denis Villeneuve has teased that a script for a third film, Dune: Messiah, exists, and that he is focusing on telling the best possible distillation of the source material. "I'm working on four different screenplays -- I know that Dune: Messiah will be one of them, I don't know if it will be the next or the second next," Villeneuve shared in an interview earlier this year."My job was to try to keep the spirit of Frank Herbert alive as much as possible -- the whole meaning of Dune becomes clear with Dune: Messiah."
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