Dune Messiah & Avengers Doomsday scheduled to release the same day.

What is everyone predictions? Do you think they will end up releasing the same day or will one of them end up moving to avoid the other?

Im betting on Dune Messiah changing their release date to late April 2027 to start off the summer movie season. But I could see Doomsday moving as well because Disney knows Marvel may not be as big as a draw as it was 5+ years ago.

Thoughts?

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NrFive2025-12-14 16:22

*shrug*

Double feature for me 😇🤣

Jays_Pack2025-12-14 16:24

An amazing double feature forsure!

PayneTrain1819992025-12-14 16:47

“Oh boy, TWO cakes!”

drunk_and_orderly2025-12-14 16:24

Gonna be like Barbenheimer - Dunesday?

jsphjar2025-12-14 16:25

Needs more d. Dune: Doomsday?

Jays_Pack2025-12-14 16:25

Im definitely up for Dunesday if neither move.

KrifeH2025-12-15 00:16

It’s barbiehiemer but with dudes on both sides, call it Dudesday my dudes

Ricky_Dal2025-12-14 16:27

Doom: Messiah?

SailorET2025-12-14 17:49

Next release from id software.

StewiesCurbside2025-12-14 16:28

Probably aboutta spend 8 hours at the theatre that day between both movies, ads, and waiting in line 😭

PayneTrain1819992025-12-14 16:48

A full work shift at the theatre!

pigeonwiggle2025-12-14 17:26

Line? where i'm at in canada, we've got assigned seating and can pre-order popcorn to be picked up without waiting in any lines. it's beautiful. (also, tickets are like, 12 bucks, 10 if you have membership (which costs 10/mo - it gets people in to see a movie a month and that's great)

StewiesCurbside2025-12-14 17:41

Yea I suppose you’re right about that, I’ve just had so many problems ordering stuff online 😂 the only theaters near me are AMCs and we go to both. Ive gotten tickets for the wrong theater several times, accidentally bought the 3D film tickets, and have had multiple occasions where I order food online and get told that theyre out once I get there. I dont know why Im like a 70 year old when it comes to this singular online application

jsnxander2025-12-14 18:06

While a thing of the past in any halfway decent theater in the SF/Bay area, I will admit to looking forward to waiting in line for big summer movies. I had a fantastic time waiting in line for over an hour to get into Star Wars with my daughter and her friends. She dressed as a wookie.

I took my wife and kids to wait in line for the closest to midnight opening show for the MCU and HP movies in a crazy effort to be within the first ten seated. We made it a family event/outing and planned accordingly.

Great days for Dad and the kids actually had fun too. Wife, maybe less so, but we would not trade that experience away and don't regret a moment of that "wasted" time.

Isosorbide2025-12-14 17:15

Dunesday is genius and Disney should pay you for that

drunk_and_orderly2025-12-14 17:36

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Isosorbide2025-12-14 18:19

I know this and I love you

NickDynmo2025-12-14 18:37

Barbenheimer was a thing because it was two tonally opposite movies, therefore it would be funny to see them both together. It doesn't really work with just any two random movies.

Consistent-Annual2682025-12-14 18:44

Exactly. Great counter-programming. In Dunesday's case they are pulling from substantially the same audience and will cannibalize each other.

Icybubba2025-12-14 20:43

Yeah, I think there's a pretty significant chance that Dune moves out of the way.

AmaterasuWolf212025-12-14 19:41

Movies will still try to replicate the Barbenheimer phenomenon anyway they can

NickDynmo2025-12-14 21:26

Right, but this situation would not be that.

Smeghead20222025-12-14 20:38

More like Doomdunes

suhmadihh2025-12-14 16:27

there are rumours of dune moving up to october but i hope its not true

TreyAdell2025-12-14 16:42

There’s no way Dune is gonna release the same day. The audience overlap is too much. BarbenHeimer worked because it was essentially counter programming and getting mostly multiple different segments of audiences into the theaters.

Two big sci-fi releases is just not going to work out for a lesser known property like Dune which has done well at the Box office but not amazing. It’s absolutely going to move.

mt802025-12-14 17:17

Yeah both studios learned this summer that the demand just isn’t there anymore.

From what I remember, Warner locked Superman first in July. Disney could’ve spaced Fantastic Four out if they wanted to and I think they got burned for testing that overlap in July

Comic_Book_Reader2025-12-14 17:59

Problem is Disney and or Marvel are *hellbent* on having the exact same few release slots on the calendar. To be fair, all the studios want certain release slots due to holidays and profits and such, but Marvel *has* to stick to the *exact* same 3 release slots: Valentines week in February, first week(end) of May, and last whole July week. Now they're switching things up a bit to have the pre-Christmas slot for Doomsday because they're hoping it can be Avatar 2.0 since those movies have that slot and made bookoo bucks, pimp. (That's a reference 1 person will get.) Mufasa also became a sleeper hit with that slot.

TigerGroundbreaking2025-12-20 20:11

Nah Disney had that release date first. They originally had it slotted for Thunderbolts, then swapped it and put Fantastic Four there instead.

So yeah, even though DC announced Superman first (before Fantastic Four officially had that date locked in), Disney/Marvel actually had that date reserved for one of their superhero movies before DC did.

a_o2025-12-14 17:19

May be underestimating the general appeal here, but Dune as source material strikes me as highfalutin kino type shit and those guys…hate the MCU? Or if they didn’t before, they do lately?

It may move, or crater without any IMAX screens. Spider-man is holding still.

VacantThoughts2025-12-14 17:48

I like and have read all the Frank Herbert Dune books and I also like the MCU and have read a ton of comics. Anecdotal but it's possible to like hard sci-fi like dune and fun stuff like comic books at the same time.

AmaterasuWolf212025-12-14 19:44

"A lesser known property like Dune"

TreyAdell2025-12-14 23:15

Compared to the highest grossing movie series outside of Avatar, yes

spate422025-12-14 18:23

Why? Seems like moving up would be a win win for all

therealmonkyking2025-12-14 16:31

Fuck it. Dunesday's the new Barbenheimer

justafanboy10102025-12-14 16:53

Damn. That’s actually pretty clever

thegoldenshepherd2025-12-14 17:58

Oop we have our new nickname folks!

YESRedbone2025-12-14 19:00

Nah. Barbenheimer worked because the two films had opposite tones. Avengers and Dune are much more similar. This doesn't work with any random film.

Mr_Rafi2025-12-15 12:49

Yeah, the reason the memes went viral was because of the contrast between the movies. Guys were dressing up in suits or formal wear to go watch Barbie.

Marvel and Dune are both part of "geekdom". People won't be doing anything close to what we saw with Barbeinheimer.

rubyschnees2025-12-14 16:34

florence pugh fans (me) are eating so good

PayneTrain1819992025-12-14 16:49

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mosh_pit_nerd2025-12-14 20:54

She is good eating. Yes, that is personal experience.

Chicken-picante2025-12-14 21:10

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mosh_pit_nerd2025-12-14 21:12

It’s the internet, believe nothing.

PandasWhoLoveToLimbo2025-12-14 21:14

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Nothin_Means_Nothin2025-12-15 00:22

No you don't

maxhk6452025-12-14 23:17

So will she, imagine her paycheck after that winter

AvatarIII2025-12-15 01:40

Dunesday! Double bill of the Pugh

Character_Minimum1712025-12-17 10:03

Some might even call it… Pughsday.

DarthStevo2025-12-15 11:45

Pick your Pugh day

Limp-Ad-3062025-12-14 16:40

Doomsday is not moving. As much as everyone likes to say Marvel is not the same as it used to, an Avengers movie with RDJ, X Men is still outperforming everything else by a distance. The only exception is probably Avatar.

The-Mandalorian2025-12-14 16:57

Yeah, kids don’t care about Dune. Avengers will make more money.

I hope Dune moves up.

Comic_Book_Reader2025-12-14 17:44

Some are saying there's some rumors that Dunc moves up a month or two to October/November, keeping in line with the releases of the first two. Yes, Dunc Deux *was* an end of February/start of March release, but the initial date was November.

TheJoshider102025-12-14 20:46

While I definitely think Avengers will make more money, it's still funny that you say they don't care about Dune considering Dune: Part Two comfortably outgrossed every MCU movie that came out this year, and all three of those movies feature main characters of Doomsday.

The-Mandalorian2025-12-14 20:49

I said kids. I never said Dune was a low grossing film.

I’m not taking my 5 year old to see Dune. I’ll take him to Avengers.

zhurrick2025-12-16 17:32

But kids aren’t watching MCU, either? It’s being carried by Millennials and Gen X.

TigerGroundbreaking2025-12-20 20:06

That's not true

MulderXF2025-12-14 23:19

Dunc?

Livid_Foundation_5572025-12-16 07:23

Kids don't care about marvel either
A ten year old next year would have been born on the stat of phase 3, being 3 when endgame came out, and has seen nothing but shit movies until maybe thunderbolts and ff

And unless having your dad shoeing up 30 old movies a gen A kid is just gonna go yeah but is the thing gonna be in it?

SpaceCaboose2025-12-14 21:19

Dune will surely move up to October or November 2026

johnnyss12025-12-14 16:42

oh damn-that’s gonna be an expensive weekend. or one long day. oh how I’d love for viilanueve to take a marvel property and run with it (without marvels “outlines” or direction-just do whatever you want)

AceofKnaves442025-12-14 16:47

Doomsday already got pushed back seven months. There’s no chance they move it again. Especially as that would mean they would have to delay Secret Wars.

Icybubba2025-12-14 20:46

It's also *probably* going to be the biggest movie next year(that or Spider-Man) so Dune is going to move out of the way. They probably can move it up if they don't want to push it back.

AceofKnaves442025-12-14 20:47

Avengers is bigger than Spider-Man.

Icybubba2025-12-14 20:48

Probably. No Way Home made a ridiculous amount of money though, so in an unlikely event Doomsday falls flat a bit, Spider-Man could win out.

AceofKnaves442025-12-14 20:52

No don’t get me wrong: Spider-Man is a HUGE franchise on his own and the most popular and profitable superhero in the world. But I think Avengers as a team and an ensemble movie still proves to be more profitable. I think Avengers would have to be a flop all things considered for Spider-Man to have a bigger box office than Doomsday.

Icybubba2025-12-14 20:54

Yeah, most likely will be the case.

Awkward-Fox-14352025-12-15 03:07

I think people are more tired of the broader MCU (including Avengers) than they are Spider-Man.

AceofKnaves442025-12-15 03:15

I don’t know. There hasn’t been an Avengers movie in six years, seven by the time Doomsday comes out. The MCU has definitely fallen off in recent years, but when the material is good people have still shown they’ll show up. If Spider-Man is really good and the marketing does its job, I think the combined effect of the Avengers title plus RDJ steering the ship again will win a lot of people over. BUT it’s also certainly not the same guaranteed formula it was. If the trailers really look samey and generic and initial word of mouth isn’t very strong, there could be real trouble.

Awkward-Fox-14352025-12-15 03:16

This isn’t the same Avengers though. MCU was rising basically the whole time up to the end of the Infinity Saga with characters all liked. I don’t know if they can get that back.

AceofKnaves442025-12-15 03:18

I have no idea what the world will look like in December 2026 but I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess people will be desperate for escapism. But I don’t disagree. It will be a bit of an uphill battle.

Awkward-Fox-14352025-12-15 03:22

Ha fair point on escapism! But will people be able to afford it? 😂

AceofKnaves442025-12-15 03:22

This is a very good question. The way things are going now? No.

mediocre-referee2025-12-15 04:00

Maybe. Hard to tell how this lineup performs. I think though that we had the huge stakes of Endgame and then minimal stakes and minimal connections in comparison that caused the fatigue. Hopefully Doomsday is the first movie to start to bring back the Marvel formula

dotnetmonke2025-12-15 21:44

To that point - the new F4 had an identical box office run to the 2005 F4 (less than 1% difference when adjusted for inflation). I don't think that's quite indicative of great franchise health.

Mr_Rafi2025-12-15 12:47

Post-OG crew Avengers might be a little different, but we'll see.

Abraham_Issus2025-12-14 16:51

Choosing Dune because I’m not looking forward to Doomsday.

baccus832025-12-14 16:52

Yeah one of them is def being moved.

sciencesold2025-12-14 16:58

I'm gonna see Doomsday asap and ignore Dune until I can pirate it. The first two movies were mid.

BlackShadow_HD2025-12-14 16:59

Dune Part 3 might move to November. There's no way these two would get released on the same day. Avengers is a much more popular franchise, so if one of these movies would have to change their date it's Dune Part 3.

AiR-P00P2025-12-14 16:59

I'm definitely going to see Dune. No contest.

PlayWhatYouWant2025-12-14 20:24

I'll be seeing both, irrespective of release dates.

demonoddy2025-12-14 17:12

Dune will move up

Emperor_Orson_Welles2025-12-14 17:13

The big contention is IMAX and other large format venues - limited number of screens, coveted for big releases, so there's ***no way*** they both come out on the same date.

I could see Dune moving up to October 23rd, where it would have several weeks of IMAX screens before the new Hunger Games and Greta Gerwig's Narnia are out. Or delaying until the following April, although I don't think that's as likely - I believe they want to do a big Return of the King-esque awards push for the final movie in Villeneuve's trilogy.

Least likely is Doomsday moving, it's already had long delays, so it's a hell or high water situation.

Immediate_Channel3932025-12-14 17:15

Barbenheimer 2.0 aka Dunesday. I'm pretty sure millions of people will treat them like a double feature and spend all day at the theater...

Professional_Ad_54372025-12-14 17:15

Yeah Doomsday is likely to be the top grossing movie so far this decade.

I can see them pushing Dune into Easter or May

ADMTLgg2025-12-14 17:17

Doom-dunesday

Jarita122025-12-14 17:23

Dune will move. It has its audience but the second movie did not make *that* much to compete with what is shaping to be cultural event also for a mainstream audience again

LivingOof2025-12-14 17:32

I (we) was Robbed of Keanu Day back in 2020. I will go for the double if it holds

tideshark2025-12-14 18:03

Yes we know.

We predict we’re all going to see both of them and they will both be good.

Powerofx12025-12-14 18:09

They already said Dune is moving earlier

MasterWinston2025-12-14 18:35

Dune will probably release on Netflix /s

FauxGenius2025-12-14 18:54

Soooo double-feature Friday it is!

ULTRAman06162025-12-14 19:13

Dunesday! Let's gooooko

SeekerVash2025-12-14 19:33

Dune 2 wasn't afraid of The Marvels, and was ready to face it in theaters.

I think there's good odds that Dune 3 feels safe challenging Doomsday and doesn't move. Given the performance of 5 out of the last 6 movies, and how Superman vs F4 played out, they may feel that Doomsday is not a threat.

TroubleOk96732025-12-14 20:24

At the same time, The Marvels wasn't a film on the level of what Doomsday would become.

exelion181202025-12-14 21:49

Lets not pretend it had the same level of hype as Doomsday currently does.

impuritor2025-12-14 19:47

Movies don’t usually move their dates. It happens but it’s pretty rare. I think they’ll both hit that date.

smilbandit2025-12-14 19:58

sounds like I'm going to a double feature

BottleKnockers2025-12-14 20:40

In preparation, I’m just saying “Doom-Dune” now when I start Netflix

Scattered6662025-12-14 20:42

I mean, I'll see both opening weekend if they release the same week. But I know not everyone will. I would assume one moves and I'd guess it'd be Dune? We'll see I suppose.

chemistrybonanza2025-12-14 20:47

Dune for me. Culmination to a great series vs. another marvel movie that isn't that

SirRichardLove2025-12-14 21:15

One will move.

e_mily_2025-12-14 21:17

I think Dune will more till February 2027. Would be enough till since Doomsday and have more screening then

Teganfff2025-12-14 22:15

Doomsday already moved. If one of the titles is moving, it’s Dune.

washderice2025-12-14 22:33

Dune most likely gonna move up to oct/nov

watchman282025-12-14 22:45

Dune is absolutely moving. I'm more excited for Dune, but no-one fucks with that mouse.

neutralcoder2025-12-14 22:50

Dune feels like the most overrated IP of all time.

And no, I’m not comparing Avengers and saying it’s the best…at all.

I just cannot get my arms around Dune, so I am definitely not the audience for it. But I’m glad its audience has it.

GlennMichael112025-12-14 22:52

Zero chance of that happening. Both studios will want those imax screens for themselves

guidethyhandd2025-12-14 23:18

FUCK YES just finished rereading Messiah too I can’t wait for Dunesday

Earthwick2025-12-14 23:22

They are preliminary release dates. I 100% guarantee they won't come out the same week.

john_weiss2025-12-15 00:03

I'm Dune Doomsday'ing that shit twice.

Striking-Mark75872025-12-15 00:40

It's been reported that Dune might move up to October/November slot, more in line with the release of the first one (as well as when the second was supposed to come out before the strikes). Well still try to play as an Oscar movie plus could still dominate IMAX screens for a couple weeks. Plus won't hurt itself going up against Doomsday

No_Cap_8662025-12-15 00:49

I heard that Dune Part 3 is moving up. Probably to November around Thanksgiving.

Mickey_Juice2025-12-15 00:54

Messiah-Vengers Dunesday?

Ambitious-Pirate-5052025-12-15 01:25

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MIAD-8982025-12-15 01:36

This slop is gna fail spectacularly.

darkthemeonly2025-12-15 05:36

No shot they release the same day

Sid_The_Geek2025-12-15 06:17

The DunesDay is Real !!

MakeShiftDie2025-12-15 08:46

I see they both afraid of Street Fighter that they had to move away from Oct.

Lady05giggles2025-12-15 09:57

Would be stupid to release the movies on the same day when there’s so many dead months in the year. But I think Marvel will delay because they are constantly reshooting.

Qyro2025-12-15 12:28

They'll definitely move Messiah, but if they don't, I'm sorry Marvel but I'm picking Messiah over Doomsday on opening day. The MCU hasn't wowed me as much as Villeneuve's Dune movies have in a long time.

SkillDabbler2025-12-15 16:16

DunesDay

Competitive-Place7782025-12-15 17:45

I may schedule a double feature at a nice theater with food service

Dune Messiah &amp; Avengers Doomsday scheduled to release the same day.

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Dune Messiah & Avengers Doomsday scheduled to release the same day.