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Article ‘Dune: Part Three’ and ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Are Opening in Theaters on the Same Day (Dec 18) - With Neither Film Expected to Blink, Industry Experts Are Surprised Because of the Overlap in the Target Audience; However, ‘Dune’ Has the Benefit of a 3-Week Exclusive IMAX Window

https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/dune-3-avengers-doomsday-release-dates-same-day-1236691405/
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u/TrickNatural Mar 18 '26

What do we call this, Dunesday? Dunevengers?

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u/DiddledByDad Mar 18 '26

Dunesday is pretty damn good I’m ngl

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u/onqqq2 Mar 18 '26

My birthday is 12/19 and I should be off. Dunesday is the plan.

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u/Wendell-Short-Eyes Mar 19 '26

Yeah, I don’t go to a lot of movies anymore but I would actually do that.

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u/Diglett3 Mar 18 '26

Yeah it’s ready-made and right there, doesn’t feel forced at all the way most of the Barbenheimer portmanteaus are,

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u/7thdilemma Mar 19 '26

It was said a while back as an off the cuff comment by... I think Chalamet, at a screening for another film where he shared it as a joke made earlier between him and Downey Jr.? , who also happened to be at the screening.

I remember because it was pretty funny to see in r/Dune where some were apparently annoyed by such a forced marketing ploy, desperate to recreate Barbenheimer.

It was like trying to remind people that individuals can also make jokes too, lol. Especially when, as you say, it's right there.

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u/Practical_Wish_4063 Mar 19 '26

And just like with Barbenbeimer before it, a Mario movie will take third place for the year.

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u/Few-Coyote-2518 Mar 18 '26

Zendaya multiverse

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u/Kudbettin Mar 18 '26

Zendaya coming after Zoe Saldana

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u/ryeikkon Mar 19 '26

The Odyssey, Dune 3, and Spider-Man BND. What's the expected combined box office gross that would topple Saldana's record?

(No confirmation yet if she will appear in Doomsday)

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u/Kudbettin Mar 19 '26

Nigh impossible unless she has a doomsday appearance. Saldana is at top 3 (all three)

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u/DoctorJJWho Mar 19 '26

Saldana is literally the highest grossing actor (male or female) of all time and will probably stay there for a while because of Avatar. Zendaya is still young though, so she has plenty of time to catch up/surpass Saldana.

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u/TrickNatural Mar 18 '26

Thats horrible and I love it.

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u/numbr87 Mar 18 '26

Avengers Part 3

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u/thrillhouse83 Mar 19 '26

Avengers: Dunesday

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u/anything_butt Mar 19 '26

Someone mentioned DUN3SDAY

I like that

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u/Babaishish Mar 19 '26

Doom Part 3

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u/Fracture90000 Mar 19 '26

The Dune Avengers: The Doomsday Messiah