There’s only a handful of 2024 films with a fighting chance to cross the billion dollar mark at the worldwide box-office — maybe, “Joker: Folie a Deux,” “Despicable Me 4,” “Deadpool 3” and “Dune: Part Two.”
Speaking of the latter, just a few weeks ago some very early, and overzealous, projections had ‘Dune 2’ opening at around $100 million. In 2021, “Dune” earned $41 million in its opening weekend, and that was despite a hybrid theatrical/HBO Max release.
Deadline has put those $100 million hopes back down to earth. Their inside tracking is currently for ‘Dune 2’ to open at around $65M+ domestically. They might be low-balling it a tad, I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes as high as $75-80M. However, presales are currently pacing ahead of the advance ticket sales for ”Oppenheimer,” and we all know how that one turned out.
Is “The Exorcist” truly the greatest horror film ever made, or has time crowned a new champion of fear? Maybe it’s “The Shining,” ‘Texas Chainsaw,’ “Psycho,” or something entirely unexpected that still keeps you up at night.