News culture After two weeks, a film surpasses Dune 2 at the US box office. The return of this saga will cause a big stir in cinemas in 2024
With the release of the second part of Dune, Denis Villeneuve caused a boost at the box office and certain films jumped into the breach. After a (very) long absence, this animated film saga returned to the United States a few weeks before landing in France and was a hit, attracting more viewers in American theaters than Dune 2!
The best of science fiction meets the best of animation at the box office
After somewhat gloomy months, director Denis Villeneuve puts an end to the bad trend that prevailed at the box office with the release of the second part of his cinema saga. dune
Yes, despite a great start, overtaking is still possible Dune 2. While the second feature is making dollars at the box office and is already doing better than its predecessor ($108 million in sales in the United States for the first), some certainly want to keep up with it and its $157 million sales. Among them there are some who, eight years after the publication of their previous work, are clearly on the hook: We’re talking about, of course Kung Fu Panda 4.
Kung-Fu Panda 4 launched successfully in the US, even surpassing Dune 2!
Yes, the United States is a few weeks ahead of us and can already enjoy the new adventures of Po, which we have not seen in the cinema since Kung Fu Panda 3in 2016. For our part, we had the opportunity to attend a preview demonstration and deliver to you Our impressions of this fantastic fourth part which makes us forget the disappointment of its predecessor at the box office. While we wait to see whether it will deliver excellent numbers on our continent from March 27 in France, Kung Fu Panda 4
On the other side of the Atlantic Dune 2 found one of his worthy opponents. On its first weekend of operation Kung Fu Panda 4 It managed to gross $58.3 million at the box office and positioned itself as the most productive novelty of the moment. For comparison: the new adventures of Po return to the success of the beginning, as they almost reach the 60 million that the first work from 2008 grossed. One of the differences is that the budget is much smaller than in the past (85 million instead). 150), allowing DreamWorks to quickly recoup its costs. For his part, Dune 2 is not to be outdone and, despite slowing down its run, still managed to collect $46 million in the US between March 8 and 10, bringing its total to just over $157 million. The duel has just begun!
