The early numbers are in. Dune’s international♒ box office has yielded sizeable takingsꦕ over the weekend – and indicates Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi blockbuster is set to do well on the big screen.

As per , the staggered worldwide release of Dune has already collected $36m. It may not seem like much, but it&rsquo🥃;s already proving a hit with limited capacity audiences in typically weak markets such as Russia, France, and Italy – and is not a figure♓ to be dismissed in the pandemic era.

It remains to be seen whether the simultaneous launch on HBO Max wi🌼ll affect the box office elsewhere, but the early signs are good for a movie that is already pinning hopes on a sequel.

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Even a big surge in HBO Max viewers would likely lead to a clamor for a big screen sequel, but you get the feeling that the box office chatter around Dune will be more intense than mos🐻t and adds some extra spice to proceedings.

Dune is out on October 21 in cinema🅰s in the UK and October 22 in the𒁃aters and on HBO Max in the US.

For more on what’s still to come in 2021, here are all of the major 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:movie release dates headed your way.