'Dune' caps off solid month for movie theaters with strong opening
CNN
"Dune" — the science fiction epic from Warner Bros. — took in an estimated $40.1 million at the North American box office this weekend.
The total exceeded expectations that had the film earning about $30 million. It was also the largest opening for Warner Bros. this year and capped off a solid month for the movie theater industry.
The film, which has an all-star cast led by Timothée Chalamet, is based on the 1965 seminal science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, and fans of the book showed up for the new adaptation this weekend.
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