WATCH: More "Dune: Part Two" talk with LiveNOW from Fox anchor Jeané Franseen

As expected, the Denis Villeneuve-helmed sequel brought movie fans back to theaters in droves, crushing expectations and stoking hopes for more visits to Frank Herbert's iconic desert planet.

NOTE: This interview originally aired on the morning of Sunday, March 3, 2025, well before any final box office tallies for the weekend were reported.

My interview follows immediately after a Fox entertainment reporter’s package featuring interviews with “Dune: Part Two” cast members, about :30 seconds into the video below:

On Monday, estimates from Comscore had the domestic tally for “Dune: Part Two” at $81.5 million. Warner Bros., meanwhile, estimated the international take at $97 million, for a global haul of $178.5 million in the film’s first three days.

For context, the first “Dune” film in 2021 opened to $41 millon in October 2021.