1st LD: "Dune" tops North American box office in opening weekend

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures' science fiction film "Dune" took the top spot at the North American box office with an estimated 40.1 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore.

Directed by Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve, the film is a big-screen adaptation of American author Frank Herbert's 1965 novel of the same name, one of the world's best-selling science fiction novels of all time.

A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey, "Dune" tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people.

The film has a star-studded ensemble cast including Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian and Chinese actor Chang Chen.

The film holds an approval rating of 83 percent based on 321 reviews from critics to date on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. Movie audiences gave it an "A-" on CinemaScore.

Overseas, "Dune" brought in an estimated 47.4 million dollars this weekend, pushing its international running cume to 180.6 million dollars for a global total of 220.7 million dollars. The film pulled in nearly 140 million yuan (around 21.9 million dollars) in China over three days, according to the box office data compiled by Maoyan, a Chinese movie-ticketing and film data platform.

Universal and Blumhouse's slasher film "Halloween Kills" fell to No. 2 this weekend, taking in 14.5 million dollars for a North American total of 73.1 million dollars after ten days in release.

Directed by David Gordon Green, the film is a sequel to "Halloween," which earned over 250 million dollars worldwide in 2018. Jamie Lee Curtis, 62, reprises her role as Laurie Strode, a survivor of Michael Myers' killing spree, in the 12th installment in the four-decade Halloween franchise. The beloved protagonist joins a group of other survivors of Michael's first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt the masked monster down, once and for all.

In third place, the latest James Bond film "No Time to Die" brought in 11.88 million dollars in its third weekend. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists Releasing's blockbuster has grossed 120.04 million dollars in North America for a global total of 525.35 million dollars.

Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, the 25th installment in the Bond franchise is Daniel Craig's fifth and final film in the role of the British spy. The film, with a reported budget of over 250 million dollars, also stars Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris among others.

In this film, Bond's new mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading him onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. Enditem

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