Dune: Part 2 Conquers the Domestic Weekend Box Office With $81.5 Million

The sequel to the 2021 original brought in $178.5 million globally in its debut.

Updated:

Mar 3, 2024 7:05 pm

Posted:

Mar 3, 2024 6:54 pm

Dune: Part Two has conquered the domestic weekend box office by earning $81.5 million alongside bringing in $178.5 million globally.

As reported by Comscore, Dune: Part Two also earned the honor of being the largest opening for director Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, and Austin Butler.

It also more than doubled the $40.1 million domestic opening weekend sales of the 2021’s Dune, but it’s important to remember that opened during the COVID-19 pandemic and was on HBO Max the same day it arrived in theaters. Per Box Office Mojo, the original earned $108.8 million in North America and $433.7 million during its box office run.

In our Dune: Part Two review, we said that it “expands the legend of Paul Atreides in spectacular fashion, and the war for Arrakis is an arresting, mystical ride at nearly every turn. Denis Villeneuve fully trusts his audience to buy into Dune’s increasingly dense mythology, constructing Part Two as an assault on the senses that succeeds in turning a sprawling saga into an easily digestible, dazzling epic.”

Bob Marley: One Love secured a distant second place with $7.4 million, Ordinary Angels placed third with $3.8 million, Madame Web placed fourth with $3.2 million, and The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 7-8 rounded out the top five with $3.1 million.

For more, check out our explainer of the ending of Dune: Part 2, why this sequel is a perfect adaptation because of one key difference, and how it shows we need a feel-bad sci-fi movie series.

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