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Warner Bros. and Denis Villeneuve added early screenings and new footage as IMAX sold select tickets quickly, with general sales still to come.
- On Tuesday, August 18, Warner Bros. released a new wave of presales for Dune: Part Three, triggering widespread digital queues and site crashes as fans scrambled to secure seats for early December screenings.
- Warner Bros. is treating the presale window as a battlefield, staggering IMAX and Dolby screenings across separate events to generate urgency and transform ticket-buying into a competitive experience.
- AMC CEO Adam Aron reported traffic levels approximately three times higher than previous major launches, requiring about $2 million of IT programming resource to address the issue, while some tickets appeared on eBay for up to $1,000.
- The film faces a December 18 collision with Avengers: Doomsday, a high-stakes matchup that fans have already nicknamed "Dunesday," intensifying competitive pressure before wide release.
- Industry analysts warn that this reliance on event-scale releases obscures a narrowing theatrical landscape, training audiences to treat cinema as an occasional, expensive, plan-ahead event rather than a regular habit.
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Le Journal de Montreal
Le Journal de MontrealFans of "Dune", of Denis Villeneuve and films in IMAX 70 mm format must arm themselves with patience.
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