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Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Mar 1, 2024 | Theatrical Wide (4,074 locations)
$82,505,391
$268,984,065
$400,400,000
$669,384,065
Sound Mix: Dolby Surround 7.1
Country of Origin: United States
On the Planet Kaitain; Princess Irulan Corrino secretly narrates into her dictation device about House Atreides’s destruction, while questioning if Paul Atreides may still be alive, while her father, Emperor Shaddam IV, is dispirited after the fall of House Atreides. En route to Sietch Tabr on Arrakis, Stilgar’s Fremen troops, including Paul and Lady Jessica, face a Harkonnen ambush but successfully overcome it. At the Sietch, suspicions arise about Jessica and Paul being spies. Some Fremen have faith in them, believing in the prophecy of a mother and son bringing prosperity to Arrakis.Stilgar informs Jessica that their Reverend Mother is dying, convincing her to become a replacement by drinking the Water of Life, a deadly poison that is fatal to males and the untrained. She transmutes the poison and by doing so, survives and inherits the memories of every female ancestor in her genetic lineage. Unbeknownst to anyone but Paul, Jessica is pregnant with his sister; the Water of Life prematurely awakens her daughter’s mind before birth. Following this, Jessica begins to have spiritual conversations with the child in her womb and believes that those in the North of Arrakis must be convinced first of the prophecy, starting with the weak-minded. Chani and her friend Shishakli think the prophecy is false, but when Paul makes a speech about not seeking power and only wanting to fight alongside them, Chani develops respect for him.Paul embraces the Fremen ways and learns their language, passing tests like riding a sand-worm. He forms a romantic relationship with Chani, becomes a Fedaykin fighter, and assists during raids on Harkonnen spice harvesters, earning the mantles “Muad’Dib” and “Usul” by which the Fremen identify him. Jessica spiritually guides his ascent and thereby fuels the religion of which she has become a prominent figure. Rabban, whose grip on spice production has been loosening, intensifies raids on the Fremen to please his uncle, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, who returns to his home-world of Giedi Prime. There, the Baron’s other nephew, Feyd-Rautha, fights in gladiator tournaments as his preferred blood sport. The Baron demotes Rabban for failing to stop the Fremen revolts, making Feyd-Rautha the new ruler of Arrakis. Margot Fenring, a Bene Gesserit acolyte sent by the Reverend Mother Gaius Mohiam, seduces Feyd to secure his genes should Paul’s bloodline be unsalvageable.Jessica completes her religious quest in the North, and travels South to unite with the fundamentalists there. However, Paul is furious with her actions and fears that a holy war, which foreseen, will ignite if he proceeds South as a messiah; Paul remains in the North to continue fighting the Harkonnens. Paul reunites with Gurney Halleck, who joined the smugglers after the Atreides’ downfall. Seeing that Paul is preparing for a war, Gurney leads him to House Atreides’ hidden atomic warheads. Jessica soon learns that the Water of Life is a liquid excreted by an adolescent sand-worm once it is drowned. Feyd’s troops attack Sietch Tabr, killing Shishakli and forcing the survivors, including Paul, to journey South. Against Chani’s wishes, Paul consumes the Water of Life; he passes out but is reawakened by Chani with a clearer sense of the past and future, seeing a vision of his sister Alia and realizing the Baron is his maternal grandfather.Southern Fremen leaders hope for Paul to challenge Stilgar for leadership, but Paul denounces this. Finally accepting his messianic destiny, Paul declares himself the Lisan al Gaib and refuses to remove by force a great fighter such as Stilgar. He assumes full power over the Fremen and challenges the Emperor, who arrives on Arrakis with Irulan, Mohiam, and his Sardaukar troops. Paul interrupts the Emperor’s confrontation with the Baron by launching the atomic warheads at Arrakeen’s stronghold fortress. Riding sand-worms, the Fremen overpower Sardaukar forces and breach Arrakeen’s defences; Gurney slays a fleeing Rabban.Inside Arrakeen, Paul enters the throne room, kills the Baron while calling him “grandfather”, and orders the Emperor and others to be transported to the Residency, where he threatens to destroy the planetary spice forever with the remaining atomic stockpiles unless the Emperor surrenders the Imperial throne to him. Feyd-Rautha challenges Paul in the name of the Emperor to a duel with the Emperor’s blade in hand, but loses. Irulan then offers her hand in marriage to Paul to accept his victory. Left with no other choice, the Emperor gives in to Paul’s ultimatum by kneeling before Paul’s signet ring. Chani, angered by Paul’s decision to wed Irulan, leaves the Residency, preparing to mount a sand-worm elsewhere.Above Arrakeen, ships containing many Great Houses refuse to accept Paul’s ascendancy, prompting him to order his Fremen army to “lead them to paradise.” Meanwhile, Jessica and the unborn Alia reflect that this is the beginning of Muad’Dib’s holy war.
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. — Warner Bros. Pictures