Dune: Part One tops the streaming chart, becoming the most-viewed movie across every platform and falling behind just one show overall.

The 2021 Dune movie is topping streaming charts. The project was the second feature to be adapted from the 1965 Frank Herbert sci-fi novel of the same name, starring Timothée Chalamet as iconic literary protagonist Paul Atreides opposite a star-studded ensemble that also included Oscar Isaac, Dave Bautista, and Zendaya. Its sequel, Dune: Part Two, premiered in theaters at the beginning of March and became a smash hit, outgrossing the original movie’s entire domestic run in just one week.

Reelgood is reporting that, while Part Two continues its theatrical run, the original Dune is topping the charts on streaming. It is the No. 1 movie for the week of February 29 on any streaming platform, outranking the 2024 Oscar nominees Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Napoleon, The Holdovers, and Killers of the Flower Moon. It’s also the No. 2 title overall, behind the new Hulu miniseries Shōgun. Check out the Top 10 movie and overall charts below:

Dune Continues To Prove Itself After A Compromised Release

This streaming success is one more feather in the cap of the movie. Ever since the original Dune release, the sci-fi adaptation has been consistently beating the odds. The movie’s first and biggest hurdle was its 2021 debut, which occurred during a time that the worldwide box office was still reeling during the COVID-19 pandemic and a simultaneous release on HBO Max was eating into the theatrical prospects of many of the year’s Warner Bros. movies including The Matrix Resurrections, Mortal Kombat, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Conjuring 3, In the Heights, and The Suicide Squad.

The Dune box office proved that the movie was strong enough to draw audiences into theaters despite that day-and-date release, however. The movie’s $165 million budget means that it likely needed to hit the $330 million mark in order to turn a profit in theaters, and it exceeded that considerably, earning $434.8 million worldwide and becoming the 12th highest-grossing movie of the year. Only one movie on that year’s Warner Bros. slate, Godzilla vs. Kong, grossed higher on the chart.

The success of Part Two is now revealing how high Dune might have climbed during a more robust period at the box office. However, the fact that it is topping the streaming chart three years later shows that the movie still has a strong pull on audiences after all this time as viewers, likely preparing to see the sequel in theaters, have rewatched it in droves. Any way it’s measured, the sci-fi epic is a major success and continues to shine.