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IT’S THE CINEMATIC event of the year. December 18, 2026 is ‘Dunesday’, as two intergalactic blockbusters — Disney’s Avengers: Doomsday and Warner Bros.’ Dune: Part Three — go head-to-head in competition for Earth’s cinema screens. Expect one of the mightiest opening weekends ever recorded, with industry prognosticators suggesting a combined box- office total, worldwide, in the $800 to $900 million range. If that happens, it will eclipse the $536 million opening of Barbie and Oppenheimer, affectionately tagged ‘Barbenheimer’. After ‘Glicked’ (Gladiator II and Wicked, released on November 22, 2024), Dunesday marks the industry’s latest attempt to repeat the Barbenheimer phenomena. …
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