Dune came out of the blocks on 525 screens with a huge weight of expectation. And an IMAX release which costs over $30/ticket in 2D and over $50 in 3D.
It took $4.84 million, which is okay but moderate. It has probably been tainted by critical coolness, but that usually doesn’t matter. Venom opened last week with $6.47 million which went down to $5.04 million this weekend, suggesting it may beat Dune in this market.