Dune: Part Three Release Date: Friday, Dec. 18, 2026, Same Day as Avengers: Doomsday

Dune: Part Three opens only in cinemas and IMAX on Friday, Dec. 18, 2026, according to Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) title page for the film. The page lists the release date as “December 18, 2026,” credits Denis Villeneuve as director, and sets the third film on the same Friday that Disney lists for Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday. Below are the release date, how it fits the earlier Dune films, what the Dec. 18 weekend holds, a countdown and a tracker to print.

When is the Dune: Part Three release date?

Warner Bros. Discovery’s title page lists Dune: Part Three for “December 18, 2026” and says the film is “only in cinemas and IMAX December 18.” The same page names Denis Villeneuve as director and lists the cast as Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach De Bankolé, Charlotte Rampling, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson, Javier Bardem, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa and Ida Brooke.

Dec. 18, 2026 is a Friday. Our guide to new movies in theaters in December 2026 has the full month lineup.

How does Dec. 18, 2026 fit the earlier Dune films?

Each Dune film has opened on a Friday. The first film reached theaters and the HBO Max streaming service on the same day, Oct. 22, 2021, per Engadget. The Motion Picture Association (MPA) reported that Dune: Part Two moved up two weeks to March 1, 2024 and secured IMAX 70mm screens. The gaps below are our calculation from those dates.

Film	Release date	Weekday	Gap from previous film
Dune	Oct. 22, 2021	Friday	—
Dune: Part Two	March 1, 2024	Friday	861 days (about 28 months)
Dune: Part Three	Dec. 18, 2026	Friday	1,022 days (about 34 months)

Why do Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday share Dec. 18?

Two studio tentpoles list the same Friday. Warner Bros. Discovery puts Dune: Part Three on Dec. 18, 2026, and Disney’s page for Avengers: Doomsday lists “December 18, 2026” as well.

Date	Film	Studio
Fri., Dec. 18, 2026	Dune: Part Three	Warner Bros. Discovery
Fri., Dec. 18, 2026	Avengers: Doomsday	The Walt Disney Company (Marvel Studios)

For the Marvel film’s reported runtime, tickets and its own countdown, see our Avengers: Doomsday release date story.

How many days until Dune: Part Three?

We counted from the calendar to Friday, Dec. 18, 2026.

From	Days to Dec. 18, 2026
Fri., Nov. 6	42
Tue., Dec. 1	17
Fri., Dec. 11	7

To count down on paper, mark the date on a December 2026 printable calendar. Dec. 18 falls the week before Christmas; see when is Christmas Day for that holiday.

Are Dune: Part Three tickets on sale?

In part. Gizmodo and Ground News reported in April 2026 that tickets for the first IMAX 70mm screenings of Dune: Part Three had gone on sale. A general on-sale date for standard and other premium formats is not announced on the pages we checked.

What is confirmed for Dune: Part Three, and what is not?

Detail	Status
Release date	Dec. 18, 2026 (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Formats named	Cinemas and IMAX (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Director	Denis Villeneuve (Warner Bros. Discovery)
IMAX 70mm presale	Initial screenings on sale in April 2026 (Gizmodo, Ground News)
Runtime	Not announced
MPA rating	Not announced
General (non-70mm) on-sale date	Not announced
HBO Max streaming date	Not announced
UK and Canada release dates	Not announced

Print the December 18, 2026 release tracker

The printable lists the two films that open on Friday, Dec. 18, 2026: Dune: Part Three in cinemas and IMAX, and Avengers: Doomsday, each with preorder and watched boxes. It uses no film art or logos. For the rest of the month, see our November 2026 theater guide.

Where the Dune: Part Three dates come from

The release date, formats, director and cast come from Warner Bros. Discovery’s title page; the Avengers: Doomsday date from Disney; the Dune: Part Two date from the Motion Picture Association; the 2021 date from Engadget; and the IMAX 70mm presale from Gizmodo and Ground News. Studios can move release dates, so check the film’s page before you buy tickets.