Did you watch Dune at home or in theaters? I asked the big question up top, but these days, it matters. With Warner Bros. releasing all its 2021 titles on HBO Max and simultaneously in theaters, we've been trying to track how the numbers look as the box office tries to recover from the pandemic, which is still ongoing. For what it's worth, I think it's pointless to make any movie into a monolith. The recovery from the pandemic is going to take years and many hit movies. But looking at Dune, we have to hope it's the first. Dune has a $41 million U.S. opening, and as of 10/26, has done $223,211,174 worldwide. So is the box office back? These are great numbers, but the question everyone keeps asking is whether or not putting it online hamstrung its actual numbers. TV analytics firm Samba TV told Variety that Dune was viewed on HBO Max by 1.9 million U.S. households from Thursday to Sunday. That's pretty good when you see that superhero tentpoles like Justice League did 1.8 million and Suicide Squad did 2.8 million. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 27 October, 2021