Box-Office Weekend: Dune Assumes the Throne

Again, the marquee debut of the weekend claimed the top spot over the box-office weekend as Dune (or, Dune: Part One) knocked Halloween Kills from the top spot after only one week.

The first of a two-part series, Dune, took in $40.1 million in its first weekend of release. Although that return was less-than-stellar for the sci-fi epic’s opening weekend, it still boasts an impressive $220.7 million worldwide total that has allowed Part Two of the series to be green lit. Meanwhile, the “Halloween” sequel added $14.5 million to boast it’s two-week tally to $73.1 million, despite being bested for the top spot by Dune. Also dropping a spot over the weekend was the latest escapade of 007, No Time To Die, with added $11.9 million, finishing in third place, and lifting its total to $120 million.

In its fourth week of release, Venom: Let There Be Carnage fell to the fourth spot in this weekend’s top ten, finishing with $9.1 million and a to-date total of $181.8 million. The second of three debuts in this week’s top ten, the animated feature Ron’s Gone Wrong, took the fifth spot earning $7.3 million in its first week of release.

Falling two spots from fourth place to sixth, was the animated family film The Addams Family 2, which took in $4.3 million to lift the film’s four-week tally to $48.3 million. In its second week of release, the historical drama The Last Duel, starring Jodie Comer, dropped two spots in this week’s top ten, finishing in seventh, earning $2.1 million, raising its total to $8.5 million.

In its eighth week of release, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sputtered from sixth to eighth place, earning $2 million over the weekend. But, at least the film now boasts a total of $221 million for its troubles. Meanwhile, the third debut making this week’s top ten, The French Dispatch, landed in ninth place with $1.3 million over the weekend. Finally, Honsla Rakh, fell from seventh to finish in the tenth spot over the weekend with $490,000, giving the film a two-week tally of $1.8 million.

Three films dropped out of the weekend box office top ten. Free Guy leaves after with an eleven-week total of $121.3 million. While Lamb gets lost after only three weeks in release and earning $2.5 million. Meanwhile, Most Eligible Bachelor bows of the top ten after making the top ten for the first time last weekend.

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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