Los Angeles, Jan 15 (.) Hollywood may have found its next tongue-in-cheek cinematic event, when Robert Downey Jr. and Timothée Chalamet have playfully proposed turning December 18 into a pop-culture phenomenon, as “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Dune: Part Three” prepare to open in cinemas on the same day.
The actors appeared on stage together in LA on Wednesday for a special screening of Chalamet’s A24 movie Marty Supreme.
Downey Jr. told the audience: “We both have films opening on December 18, and we decided to coin it … We’re thinking Dunesday.’” The moniker got a laugh in the room, with Downey Jr. adding: “We’ll see if we’re still friends by then.”
The idea is that the two blockbusters can give each other a leg-up so that they can later bask in the reflected glory of box office success. The light-hearted suggestion inevitably recalls “Barbenheimer”, the viral phenomenon that saw “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” dominate the cultural conversation and the global box office in tandem in 2023.
While later attempts to recreate that magic have struggled to catch on, the concept remains appealing. The most notable example was perhaps Glicked, combining Wicked and Gladiator II, reports DEADLINE.
Joe and Anthony Russo’s last Avengers title, Endgame, is the second-highest-grossing movie of all time with $2.8B at the global box office. Dune: Part Two grossed $715M worldwide.
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