On December 18, 2026, the spirit of Barbenheimer will rise again in the form of Dunesday, as both Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday debut worldwide. The latest MCU installment might be the most star-studded of the pair, but it’s the final installment in Denis Villeneuve‘s acclaimed adaptation of Frank Herbert‘s Dune novels that seems to be generating the most excitement, as illustrated by the threequel significantly outselling its release date rival in IMAX tickets.
Villeneuve’s directing prowess has been crucial to the success of the Dune adaptations, as has the starry cast that includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Anya Taylor-Joy, and more. But a name that deserves much more recognition for their role in this trilogy’s success is writer Jon Spaihts, who also worked in the MCU on Doctor Strange. But following his Marvel foray and before tackling the once-thought un-adaptable Dune, Spaihts delivered a sci-fi film that is currently proving popular on streaming.
The film in question is Passengers, a 2016 sci-fi effort directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as deep-space travelers who are awoken 90 years too early on a 120-year voyage. The movie earned just over $300 million at the global box office, scoring an impressive $200 million haul from overseas markets, against a reported production budget of $110 million. Ten years since it proved popular at the box office but earned negative reviews from critics, Passengers is on everyone’s watchlists again. This past week, the movie was one of the ten most-streamed on Netflix in the U.S.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
Paul Atreides
Capt. Kirk
Princess Leia
Ellen Ripley
Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
Chris Pratt’s Latest Sci-Fi Movie Just Earned a Billion
As one Pratt sci-fi film dominates streaming, another has just hit a major milestone at the box office. The video game adaptation The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, a sequel to 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, has officially surpassed the billion-dollar mark at the box office, as well as finding success on digital platforms. The film has earned an almost even split between domestic and international gross, and has finally crossed the $1 billion mark before fading out of theaters. Pratt joins Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black in the cast, with Brie Larson, Donald Glover, and Glen Powell joining the franchise.
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