Franchise
Dune
4 films•1984–2026•Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Pictures
70%average critics83%average audience$104.7Mdomestic average
Films
4
1984–2026
Domestic
$418.8M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.13B
lifetime
Avg opening
$32.4M
3-day
Avg legs
3.57x
opening → total
Return
3.2x
on $355.0M of budget
The Dune series runs to 4 films from Dune (1984) to Dune: Part Three (2026), together grossing $418.8M domestic and $1.13B worldwide. The biggest hit is Dune: Part Two (2024) at $715.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $82.5M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dune: Part Three | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — |
| Dune: Part Two | 2024 | $82.5M | $282.1M | 3.40x | $715.0M | A | 92% | #7 |
| Dune | 2021 | $41.0M | $108.3M | 2.60x | $411.0M | A- | 83% | — |
| Dune | 1984 | $6.0M | $28.4M | 4.70x | — | — | 36% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 14.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.2x
$1.13B worldwide on $355.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $390.4MInternational $735.6M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven3.8x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
What’s next
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Connected
Directors
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
