So far, Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune II” is leading this year’s box office earnings.

And this weekend it will make a lot more when it muscles its way back into IMAX theaters

The film’s success is in part because some audience members have returned over and over to get lost on planet Arrakis.  One admirer reports he’s seen the movie 25 times.

The 56-year old director and writer says it’s a story he’s yearned to tell since he was growing up in Quebec.

So far “Dune II” has taken in more than $680-million.