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While extremely few, if any, tentpoles are profiting now in the hobbled global marketplace, insiders tell me that a global take for Dune in the $300M+ range will make many happy from an image-standpoint, even if breakeven is far north of that. releases, and the dynamic distribution plan were kept intact, this despite Villeneuve protesting the experimental distribution plan publicly when the studio first made their announcement. Ultimately, the cast and filmmakers opted for a payout, similar to those involved on other 2021 Warner Bros. There was back and forth between Warners and Legendary as whether to make Dune a pure theatrical release, and push it to next year. while Canada has the film on PVOD on its own theatrical window since the OTT service isn’t available in the Great White North yet. Previews start at 6PM stateside for Dune in 3,200 theaters, and Warners will absorb all of No Time to Die‘s Imax auditoriums, as well as PLF, Dolby Cinema, and Motion Seats. Kong at $31.6M, and it’s the only title on the studio’s slate this year to clear $100M domestic, and uber grosses around the world at a near $468M.
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To date, the biggest domestic opening for a theatrical-HBO Max movie belongs to Godzilla vs. From movie theaters’ P.O.V., they’re looking at a $50M domestic start, but that’s hard to call as a day-and-date film like this could be heavily front-loaded and then drop off significantly by Saturday. No Time to Die, Shang-Chi, F9, Black Widow. What’s making predictions hard to nail right now is that we hear from exhibition (not Fandango) that presales for Dune are squashing everything that’s come before it, i.e.
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The pic’s upcoming offshore weekend, depending on whether China over-indexes, is at $40M. Theater count is at 4,100 locations with 7,5K screens. Tracking has the film between $30M-$35M with a theatrical day-and-date debut on HBO Max due to the studio’s pandemic distribution plan this year. The swing factor, of course, with Dune‘s ticket sales are no doubt U.S. HBO, Warner Bros, Microsoft Studios Among Top Clio Entertainment Award Winners Warner Bros.