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Dune (1984)

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Directed by David Lynch

Moderate Violence

Violence Statistics

213
On-Screen Deaths
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1.6 deaths per minute
a killing every 39 sec

Film Details

Release Year
1984
Runtime
137 minutes
Rating
PG-13
Budget
Unknown

Reality Check: 1.6 On-Screen Deaths per Minute vs. Real U.S. Wars

The real U.S. wars whose per-minute death rate comes closest to this film's — the comparison is always per minute and every war figure is U.S. casualties, never raw totals.

American Civil War

0.24/min
a death every 4 min
1861–1865 • United States
620,000 U.S. deaths

World War II

0.16/min
a death every 6 min
1941–1945 • Global
418,500 U.S. deaths

World War I

0.11/min
a death every 9 min
1917–1918 • Europe
116,516 U.S. deaths

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253 kills

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187 kills
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