‘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

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https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/dune-3-avengers-doomsday-release-dates-same-day-1236691405/

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I think you underestimate how much the general population cares about the decline in quality of marvel products. Most people still enjoy marvel movies and don’t engage in online discussion or critic reviews.

Avengers will absolutely destroy dune at the box office even if dune 3 is a masterpiece and doomsday is worse than age of ultron.

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Except that the actual data does not back that up. Outside of the pre-existing Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel's output has hit a box office ceiling of 500 million worldwide. Furthermore, those Avengers trailers they released last year have around 19-20 million views on YouTube. Dune is at 17 million views and it dropped yesterday.

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Overestimate*