“Dune” will go live on HBO one day ahead of schedule

“Dune” directed by Denis Villeneuve will be released on HBO Max streaming media one day earlier than expected, which may affect the film’s box office performance.

Previously, it was thought that “Dune” would be released on HBO on October 22, the Friday when the film premiered in China and North America.

Now according to foreign media reports, the movie will be aired one day ahead of schedule at 6 pm Eastern Time on October 21-whether in theaters or online.

Generally, European and American blockbusters are scheduled to be premiere on Friday, but they will actually be screened early on Thursday night. This has always been a convention in theaters.

The move of HBO Max made the streaming media release of “Dune” truly synchronized with the theater release.

It remains to be seen how much this change will affect the box office of “Dune”, but Thursday’s box office accounts for a large part of the box office of most movie premieres on weekends.

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HBO may pull more potential audiences from the movie theaters and encourage them to watch the movie at home.

This is good news for those who are worried about public gatherings during the epidemic, but Villeneuve will not be happy.

Throughout 2021, Warner Bros. has been simultaneously releasing all of its hottest movies on HBO Max.

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From “Dune” to “The Matrix 4” to “Godzilla vs. Kong”, this has attracted some severe criticism from the director and other industry insiders.

Last year, Denis Villeneuve expressed strong dissatisfaction with Warner Bros.’s designation of “Dune” as a mixed distribution model, and posted a long post on the Internet to oppose it.

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