Legendary Pictures Exec Mary Parent on ‘Dune 2’ Success and Challenges: ‘The Movie Gods Were Kind to Us’

With $178 million grossed worldwide on its opening weekend, “Dune: Part Two” is set to become one of the biggest theatrical hits for its producers, Legendary Pictures.

While Legendary has served as a co-producer on films like “Jurassic World” and “The Dark Knight,” “Dune: Part Two” could become Legendary’s biggest box office success on a film in which it is the primary financier, a record that currently belongs to “The Hangover Part II” with $586.7 million in 2011. The Wanda Group-owned company footed 80% of the sci-fi epic’s $190 million budget, with the remainder coming from the film’s distributor, Warner Bros.