Dune 2 Nears Huge Box Office Milestone, Passes First Movie’s Entire Run After 10 Days
Dune: Part II is nearing another box office milestone. After another weekend in theaters, the sci-fi film has reached $494.7 million worldwide, and should climb past $500 million today, March 18.
This includes $208 million from North America and $289.4 million from international markets, according to a box office report from Variety. Obviously it’s still very early for 2024, but Dune: Part II is also the highest-grossing movie of 2024 so far both in North America and worldwide. No. 2 so far in 2024 is Kung Fu Panda 4 ($176.5 million) followed by Bob Marley: One Love ($169.2 million) at No. 3.
Dune: Part II needed only 10 days on the market to surpass the entire North American box office run of the first movie, which was $108 million. Of course, a comparison to the original is not fair given the first movie was released simultaneously in theaters and on Max (then known as HBO Max) due to the pandemic. The 2021 Dune movie ended its theatrical run with $433 million worldwide.