＂Dune 2＂ broke the global box office by 500 million US dollars, surpassing the previous work in an all-round way.

Dune 2

　　　　 Beijing time on March 28th news, according to foreign media reports, "Dune 2" global box office exceeded 500 million US dollars, and currently accumulated 580 million US dollars, including 237 million US dollars in North America.

　　Dune 2′ s global box office has already surpassed the 434 million of Dune 1 (the streaming media was launched simultaneously), and it has also become the first movie with a global box office of over 500 million dollars after Wonka. Both films are starring Timothée Chalamet. Wonka has accumulated 629 million US dollars worldwide, and Dune 2 is expected to reach 750 million.

　　This film continues Paul Cui Di’s journey to the desert after his meeting with freeman people. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, josh brolin, javier bardem, Dave Batista, Stran Scarsgaard, etc. have returned to play, and newly joined Austin Butler, Florence Pew, Christopher Walken, Leia Saidu, Sohra Jacob, Tim Blake Nelson, etc. Denis villeneuve returned to direct the screenwriter, and Hans Zimmer scored the music.

　　The space epic science fiction film Dune was released in 2021. Eric Ross, Jon Spaihts and Villeneuve jointly wrote the script. The plot was adapted from the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 English science fiction novel Dune of the same name, which is the first of two adaptation films. It tells that Paul UrCui Di, a young heir from a noble family, shoulders the responsibility of protecting the most precious assets and the most important elements in the galaxy.

　　Dune premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival on September 3rd, 2021, and landed in North America and streaming media HBO Max on October 22nd. It was well received for its visual effects, worldview and ambition, and earned a global box office of $396 million at a cost of $165 million. The film was selected as one of the top ten films in 2021 by the American National Critics Association and the top ten films of the year by the American Film Institute, and won six awards at the 94th Academy Awards.

　　(Meng Qing)