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  1. unmapped (last year's Q1): Dune: Part Two → Civil War. Same list.
    “we had challengers, we had Dune Part 2, and we had Civil War.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:22:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (last year's Q1): Challengers → Dune: Part Two. Last year's Q1 had Challengers, Dune Part 2, Civil War: three well-received hits.
    “we had challengers, we had Dune Part 2, and we had Civil War.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:22:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. programming (see-in-theaters pairing): Dune: Part Two → Driveaway Dolls. A speaker argues Driveaway Dolls, like Dune 2, is a movie worth seeing in a theater with a crowd.
    “often we're like, you must see Dune 2 in theaters, which is true, but I would also probably argue that you should probably see driveway dolls in theaters”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:34:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. industry (release clash): Mickey 17 → Dune: Part Two. Warner Bros. moved Dune 2 to March 2024, so Mickey 17 likely could not share that month.
    “they're probably not going to do Dune 2 and Mickey 17 in the same month just from like marketing resources”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:05:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Sting → Dune: Part Two. Sting's very brief Feyd-Rautha is the character Part Two is built around.
    “Sting is great in this movie, but I always forget that he is in this movie for 5 minutes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:20:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Dune → Dune: Part Two. Part Two is built around Feyd-Rautha, who gets a couple of scenes in Lynch's film.
    “And especially when part 2 of the Villeneuve is all built around that character.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:20:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. contrast (contrast): Dune → Dune: Part Two. Lynch compresses all of Part Two's story into a yada-yada summary.
    “It has the most insane yada, yada, yada, I have ever seen in a movie”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:29:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. industry (industry): Dune: Part Two → The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Oscars treated Dune Part 2 the way they treated The Two Towers.
    “is what exactly what they did to the two towers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:28:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. verdict (verdict): Javier Bardem → Dune: Part Two. Bardem would get their supporting Oscar from the Dune films.
    “I would give it to Bardem, who I think really threads the needle of like funny and serious and like, I think, such a clever performance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:28:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)