Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Stanley Tucci in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ The Devil Wears Prada 2 <\/em>achieved a monumental box office premiere this weekend, with $77 million domestically and $233.6 million globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The fashion-centric sequel outperformed 2006’s original film and has become the highest-earning domestic premiere in star Meryl Streep’s career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Michael <\/em>still performed well in the No. 2 spot with $54 million in its second week, while next week, Mortal Kombat II <\/em>eyes box office supremacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Why was no one reeeady… for The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em><\/a>‘s stupendous performance at the box office<\/a>?<\/p>\n The highly anticipated, high-fashion sequel to the 2006 classic owned the box office runway this weekend, strutting out to a sensational $77 million at the domestically and $233.6 million globally, per Comscore.<\/p>\n Those numbers represent a leaps and bounds improvement on the original, even adjusted for inflation. When The Devil Wears Prada <\/em>first sashayed into theaters in 2006, it grossed $27.5 million domestically, eventually earning $124.7 million, and finished its global run with $326.5 million. Adjusted for inflation, that domestic opening take would equate to roughly $48 million in 2026.<\/p>\n Made on an estimated $100 million budget, The Devil Wears Prada 2 <\/em>has proven itself more than capable of getting back into the green, even accounting for its substantial marketing and promotional expenses.<\/p>\n Meryl Streep in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ In just three days, The Devil Wears Prada 2 <\/em>has already shot to No. 7 on the global list of 2026’s highest grossing films so far, beating Scream 7<\/em>, GOAT<\/em>, Send Help<\/em>, which had weeks-long head starts. The sequel is a mere $8 million away from unseating Wuthering Heights <\/em>on the No. 6 spot, but is still a good $200 million shy of Michael<\/em>, which will continue to add to its tally in only its second week in theaters.<\/p>\n The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em>‘s immediate placement on the global leaderboard is impressive enough, but its premiere numbers have broken a noteworthy record for one of its stars. The film’s smash domestic opening of $77 million now holds the place of the highest earning premiere in Meryl Streep<\/a>‘s illustrious career. Each of her costars have been attached to other films that outperformed TDWP2 <\/em>at home in their opening weekends, from Oppenheimer <\/em>(Emily Blunt), to The Dark Knight Rises <\/em>(Anne Hathaway), to most of the Hunger Games <\/em>movies (Stanley Tucci). But Prada <\/em>prevailed for Streep, above Mamma Mia<\/em>, its sequel, Into the Woods<\/em>, and more.<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Antoine Fuqua’s controversial<\/a> Michael Jackson biopic Michael <\/em>proved that, like its subject, it doesn’t tire easily of the dance. In its second weekend in theaters, the film starring Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, grossed $54 million domestically, for a former total of $183.8 million, and $134.8 million globally, totaling $423.9 million.<\/p>\n The third spot on the domestic and global leaderboards was held by another returning champ this weekend: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/em> added $12 million in its fifth week domestically and $44.3 million globally. The animated adventure from Nintendo is now just $100 million shy of crossing the billion-dollar threshold at the global box office.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Neon’s latest horror offering, the Adam Scott-starrer Hokum<\/em>, premiered to $6.4 million domestically, while the Christian outfit Angel Studios’ Animal Farm <\/em>adaptation opened to $3.4 million. Globally, the Chinese\/Hong Kong co-production Cold War 1994 <\/em>earned a $23 million debut, and India’s Patriot <\/em>opened to $6.5 million.<\/p>\n Next week, it would take a miracle to upset Michael <\/em>and The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em>‘s twin holds on the box office, but Mortal Kombat II <\/em>is going to take them into the arena to try.<\/p>\n Simon McQuoid’s CGI-heavy action sequel stars Karl Urban as fan-favorite video game character Johnny Cage.<\/p>\n “His integration into the Mortal Kombat<\/em> story and universe is a big part of what this movie explores, Mortal Kombat<\/em> co-creator Ed Boon told Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a> in March. “Karl, his depiction of Johnny Cage is different than our games in some ways. He’s adding his own flair to it, but I think it’ll feel fresh.”<\/p>\n
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