Dunesday: will this be Barbenheimer on steroids – the biggest weekend of cinema ever?

The Guardian UK Monday 21 September 2026, 12:29 UTC By Guardian Staff 1 min read

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Since the mammoth success of the films Barbie and Oppenheimer in 2023, Hollywood has taken to jointly marketing movies released on the same day – and December’s matchup of Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday could break all recordsName: Dunesday.

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