Robert Downey Jr. has come up with a new name for his box office battle with Timothée Chalamet. Following the immense marketing success of Barbenheimer, the Avengers star has now coined the term Dunesday. It is a portmanteau celebrating the upcoming movies “Dune: Part Three” and “Avengers: Doomsday”, both releasing on December 18.
Robert Downey Jr. gives this name to his box office battle with Timothée Chalamet
Robert Downey Jr. coined an interesting portmanteau of their film names for his impending box office battle with Timothée Chalamet. The actors appeared together in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January 14, for a special screening of Chalamet’s movie “Marty Supreme”. Avengers Updated shared a video of the wholesome interaction on X.
Robert Downey Jr., known for his incredible sense of humor, remarked, “We both have films opening on December 18th, and we decided to coin a name for it. We’re thinking ‘DUNESDAY.’” The entire room laughed and applauded as Chalamet vigorously nodded his head in approval. The “Iron Man” star then quipped, “We’ll see if we’re still friends by then.”
Unsurprisingly, the X post garnered 12K likes and 912 retweets. Based on the comments, most fans are behind the “Dunesday” marketing idea. They are hopeful this translates into the next Barbenheimer at the box office, where both films find their targeted audience and do well commercially.
One fan commented, “December 18th is officially a global holiday. Avengers and Dune on the same day? DUNESDAY is cinema chaos in the best possible way.” A second fan wrote, “WE ARE READY LETS GOOOOOO.” A third fan quipped, “Haha, Iron Man and his humour,” accompanied by a laugh emoji.
Finally, one fan penned, “Two generations, two mega-franchises, one release date. RDJ and Chalamet are turning December 18 into DUNESDAY. Theaters are not surviving this.”
Joe and Anthony Russo’s final Avengers film, Endgame, is the second-highest-grossing movie of all time, earning a whopping $2.8B at the global box office. Avengers: Doomsday marks Robert Downey Jr.’s comeback in the Avengers universe, but as the villainous Doctor Doom. (via Deadline).
