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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 over 12K likes and 900+ reposts. Based on the comments, most fans are behind the “Dunesday” marketing idea and hope it becomes the next Barbenheimer-style box office moment.
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.”
Another fan wrote, “WE ARE READY LETS GOOOOOO.”
A third fan quipped, “Haha, Iron Man and his humour 😂.”
One more fan added, “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 massive $2.8 billion globally. Avengers: Doomsday marks Robert Downey Jr.’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — this time as the villain Doctor Doom. (via Deadline)
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