Dune: Part Three has already claimed 18 December. Denis Villeneuve's next trip to Arrakis opens on Friday, 18 December 2026, and trade reports say it'll hold North American IMAX screens for three weeks. That's the first fact any late-year horror film has to live with. Part Three isn't a horror film. It's the big end-of-year event, the kind of night out you dress up for.

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