Twenty years after the original, the sequel to ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ made a splash in its first weekend in theaters. Driven largely by women, ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ earned USD 77 million in the US and Canada, and USD 156.6 million internationally, according to studio estimates Sunday.The movie cost a reported $100 million to produce – a significant boost from the first movie’s USD 35 million production budget.
Hollywood’s biggest global opening weekends
As per reports, the film’s global ticket sales have now hit an estimated USD 233.6 million for the weekend, placing it second on the list of the biggest global opening weekends for Hollywood films. The fashion drama stands second to only ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ which earned an estimated USD 372.5 million. Meanwhile, films ‘Michael’ takes up the third spot with USD 217 million and ‘Project Hail Mary’ standing in fourth place with USD 141 million.
About ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’
Stars Streep, Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci have been on a fashion-forward global publicity blitz for weeks, with glamorous stops in Tokyo, London and New York. Critics were a bit mixed on the sequel, which finds Anne Hathaway‘s Andy Sachs working once more for Meryl Streep‘s Miranda Priestly at the fictional Runway magazine in a much-depleted media landscape.The first movie opened in June 2006 and would go on to earn over USD 326 million worldwide, not adjusted for inflation. And perhaps more importantly, it firmly became part of the culture thanks in part to its ever-quotable likes (“gird your loins,” “groundbreaking,” “that’s all”). Legacy sequels are never a sure thing, but this time anticipation was high: According to Nielsen, streaming viewership for ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ was up 428% from March 2026 to April 2026.It easily topped the box office and bumped ‘Michael’ to second place, though the musical biopic held well in its second weekend, falling only 44%.
‘Michael’ earns USD 54 million in second weekend
Second place went to Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic ‘Michael’, which made USD 54 million in its second weekend in North America, where it’s playing on 3,955 screens. Its running worldwide total is already USD 423.9 million. Universal Pictures is handling the international release.
Hollywood’s summer movie season
This weekend marks the start of Hollywood’s summer movie season, a crucial 18-week corridor that runs through Labor Day and often accounts for around 40% of the annual box office. There are often Marvel blockbusters programmed as the season’s kickoff, but the combined power of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and ‘Michael’ wasn’t a shabby substitute.
US box office sees USD 2.8 billion growth
‘Prada’ alone actually did better business than last year’s summer kickoff Marvel movie, ‘Thunderbolts’. There were several other new films in theaters this weekend as well, including the Adam Scott-led horror movie ‘Hokum’, Andy Serkis’s animated adaptation of ‘Animal Farm’ and the Aaron Eckhart- and Ben Kingsley-led survival movie ‘Deep Water’.They all opened behind ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’, which made USD 12.1 million in its fifth weekend, and ‘Project Hail Mary’, which made USD 8.6 million in its seventh weekend. Neon’s ‘Hokum’ led the newcomers with USD 6.4 million, rounding out the top five, followed by the very poorly reviewed ‘Animal Farm’ with USD 3.4 million. ‘Deep Water’ opened to USD 2.2 million.The annual box office is currently running about 14% up from last year, with about USD 2.8 billion in domestic ticket sales to date.
Top 10 movies by domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:1. The Devil Wears Prada 2 – USD 77 million.2. Michael – USD 54 million.3. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – USD 12.1 million.4. Project Hail Mary – USD 8.6 million.5. Hokum – USD 6.4 million.6. Animal Farm USD 3.4 million.7. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – USD 2.2 million.8. Deep Water – USD 2.2 million.9. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea – USD 1 million.10. The Drama – USD 908,303.
