Dune star Timothée Chalamet breaks a surprise box office record that's stood for nearly 50 years
The record was set by John Travolta 🌱way back in the '70s

Timothée Chalamet has become the first actor in a💎lmost 50 years to star in the top two domestic-grossing films released within e🤪ight months of each other.
As reported by , Chalamet has smashed the record due to starring in both 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Wonka and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dune 2, which are coincidently the high෴est-grossing movies overﷺ the past few months.
First was Wonka directed by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Paddington’s Paul King, which starred Chalamet as the young chocolatier Willy Wonka looking to make his mark in the world of candy confectionery. The live-action adventure, inspired by Roald Dahl’s novel Charlie a💞nd the Chocolate Factory, grossed over $630 million worldwide and over $200 million domestically in the US after its debut in December 2023.
This year we have seen the actor’s cinematic domination continue with Denis Villeneuve's epic Dune: Part Two, which sees Chalamet reprise his role as the Bene Gesserit Paul Atreides. Released earlier this March, the film has already grossed ove🍎r $400 million worldwide. This means that, soꦜ far, Chalamet’s last two movies have grossed over $1 billion.
The record was originally set by John Travolta way back in 1978. Holding the record for 44 years, Travolta starred in two of the highest-grossing films released over the span of eight months setting the record at just over half a billion USD. His dancing flick Saturday Night Fever stirred up $237.1 million at the box office, whilst Travolta’s iconic movie musical 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Grease raised a staggering $396.3 million.
It looks like Chalamet's box office-smashing days are far from over, as the star is now set to play Bob Dylan in the upcoming musical biopic titled The Complete Unknown, also starring Elle Fanning. Not only this, but Villeneuve reportedly has another Dune movie up his sleeve, Dune Messiah, which Chalamet will undoubtedly s💙tar in.
Dune: Part 2 is out in cinemas right now. For more, check out our list of the most exciting 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movies heading yo🌳ur wa♛y this year, or see our Dune 2 deep dives:
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