The ladies of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” are clacking their stilettos all the way in which to the financial institution.
Because the sequel to the long-lasting trend movie continues to rake in money throughout the globe — $300 million in field workplace and counting — a number of sources informed Selection what the triumvirate of main women earned to return after 20 years.
Streep, who stars once more because the fearsome journal editor Miranda Priestly, was clearly probably the most essential component for filmmakers and distributor twentieth Century Studios. They got here to the desk with a proposal befitting Streep’s pedigree and enduring market worth, 4 sources stated.
Whereas Streep may have commanded much more to don Priestly’s silver bob a second time, the sources stated the 21-time Oscar nominee fetched $12.5 million for the David Frankel-directed sequel. And although Streep treats Hathaway and Blunt as underlings on display, she shared the love along with her costars within the negotiating room.
All three actors brokered a “favored nations” deal, two of the sources added, which means Hathaway and Blunt have been additionally lower $12.5 million checks to resurrect their respective characters, Andrea Sachs and Emily Charlton. It’s an aesthetic transfer by Streep, and one which honors the ensemble magic that made the primary “Prada” a perennial favourite.
The perks don’t cease there. Along with eight-figure salaries, all three girls have been afforded profitable field workplace bonuses — windfalls that may come as “Prada 2” continues to cross pre-negotiated milestones in field workplace receipts. Bonuses like these are customary for many film stars, although sources stated these incentives have already begun paying out due to the overwhelming response to the movie. Every star may earn over $20 million, per two sources, if the sequel retains packing in audiences.
Representatives for twentieth Century Studios and CAA, the company representing all three actors, had no touch upon the matter. A rep for Streep had no remark. Reps for Hathaway and Blunt didn’t instantly return requests for remark.
Streep was sensible to guess on herself. Aline Brosh McKenna, screenwriter on each “Prada” movies, stated the star signaled solely two years in the past that she was “open to ideas” for a sequel to “Prada.” The unique was launched in 2006 and made for a reported $35 million, occurring to gross $326 million globally. The sequel carried a $100 million price range, which Frankel has beforehand stated was spent largely on the forged. Apparently, this isn’t the largest appearing charge of Streep’s profession, Selection has discovered.
That got here through “Don’t Look Up,” director Adam McKay’s 2021 catastrophe dramedy through which Streep performed the president, per one other supply. Netflix compensates expertise in a special trend than the legacy studios, as they calculate what their movies would have earned in theaters and tack on a “back-end buyout” to interchange field workplace bonuses.
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” is coming into its second weekend in huge launch, the place it’s anticipated to battle “Mortal Kombat II” to open at No. 1. “Prada 2” is projected to fetch as much as $42 million in its second body, pushing its international tally previous $300 million.
