The month of October has shown strong box office returns for franchises, with Venom: Let There Be Carnage, No Time To Die, and Halloween Kills all opening above $50 million and boasting numbers that would have been respectable even in a pre-pandemic marketplace.
The domestic launch of Dune this weekend will test whether the same level of success can come to a new property, which is a riskier proposition even in the best of times.WB’s long-awaited sci-fi epic (and hopeful franchise starter), which is based on Frank Herbert’s novel, is directed by Denis Villeneuve, who has proven himself to be adept at handling science fiction with the films Arrival and Blade Runner 2049.
Among the large ensemble cast are Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem.Herbert’s seminal book was previously adapted for the big screen by David Lynch,
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