is directed and written by Denis Villeneuve, "Sweet Tea" Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Austin Butler, Lei The global box office of the sci-fi blockbuster " Dune 2" starring Jacques Seydoux and others exceeded the US$500 million mark! It has surpassed " hot " and " speeding life 2", temporarily ranking first in the global box office list in 2024!
Among them, the cumulative box office in North America reached 207.5 million U.S. dollars, becoming the first film in North America to cross the 200 million U.S. dollar mark since last year's Christmas season " Wonka ". It is also the second film in the career of starring Tiancha to exceed 200 million U.S. dollars. Director Denis Villeneuve's first film in his career. It is predicted that the final box office of "Wonka" in North America is expected to challenge US$300 million.
On the 13th day of its release in mainland China, "Dune 2" has a cumulative box office of 272 million yuan/37.78 million US dollars, making it the largest box office outside North America! Maoyan currently predicts that the film’s final box office in the Mainland will be 322 million yuan! (The final box office of the first part of " Dune " in mainland China was 262 million yuan)
Other major global ticket sales include: UK 32.8 million US dollars, Germany 25 million US dollars, France 24.9 million US dollars, Australia 15.6 million US dollars, and South Korea 13.7 million US dollars, Spain US$9.8 million, Italy US$9.1 million, Mexico US$9 million, Poland US$7.7 million, and the Netherlands US$6.9 million.
The global imax box office of "Dune 2" also exceeded the US$100 million mark, reaching US$104 million. Among them, the box office of IMAX in North America was US$50 million, and the box office of IMAX in China was US$12.5 million.
It is worth mentioning that director Denis Villeneuve has recently participated in a number of promotional activities in mainland China, and worked with " The Wandering Earth " series director Guo Fan, " Chinatown Detective " series directors Chen Sicheng and Xu Zhiyuan The others had a conversation and saw "Chinese spices" and "Chinese sandworms". He also visited the Forbidden City with the producer to experience ancient Chinese culture.
When asked "Why do we need science fiction?" Denis Villeneuve said: It is very healthy for human beings to project themselves into the future world, especially in the current world, which is even more important and is a display of hope. It allows us to explore different themes in a fun way, and I have total freedom to say what I want in the context of an interstellar future.
The production cost of "Dune 2" is US$190 million, and the box office has already reached breakeven. The final global box office is predicted to be between US$700 million and US$750 million. (The first "Dune" film had a global box office of $434 million)
