Two of the biggest VFX movies of the year open on the same day. Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday both hit theaters December 18, and both studios spent the fall feeding fans new footage.
Dune: Part Three Final Trailer
Warner Bros. released the final trailer for Dune: Part Three on October 27. Denis Villeneuve’s trilogy closer is set nearly two decades after Paul Atreides seized control of the Imperium. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are back, and the film was shot for IMAX.
The effects pedigree is hard to beat. Dune won the visual effects Oscar in 2022, and Dune: Part Two won it again in 2025. DNEG was the lead vendor on both. The sandworm and shield shots in this trailer suggest the team scaled up again for the finale.
Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel’s newest Doomsday spot dropped October 25, a 31-second tease built around the line ‘Stand together.’ The full official trailer below arrived in July. Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU as Doctor Doom, Chris Evans is back as Steve Rogers, and Joe and Anthony Russo are directing.
This is the first Avengers movie since Endgame in 2019. Opening the same day as Dune sets up a straight head-to-head at the box office.
Which Movie Will Make the Most Money?
These are two effects-heavy tentpoles with very different looks. Villeneuve’s Dune films used real desert locations, including the Liwa Desert in Abu Dhabi, extended and populated with CG. Doomsday is a multiverse team-up that will lean hard on digital characters, environments and destruction.
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