Film theaters are en vogue once more — at the least based mostly on the blockbuster turnout for “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
Disney’s star-studded sequel has defied field workplace expectations with $77 million from 4,150 North American theaters in its opening weekend. These ticket gross sales tower above the unique, which launched to $27.5 million domestically in 2006. In addition they rank because the fourth-best begin of the 12 months, behind “Michael” ($97.5 million), “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” ($131 million) and “Project Hail Mary” ($80 million).
“Prada 2” racked up one other $156.6 million on the worldwide field workplace, bringing world ticket gross sales to $233.6 million for the weekend. The sequel secured the second-biggest worldwide debut of 2026, forward of “Michael” ($217 million) and after “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” ($372.5 million).
Disney’s twentieth Century Studios spent lavishly on the sequel, which was produced for roughly $100 million, not together with the worldwide advertising and marketing finances. To check, the primary movie carried a price ticket of round $40 million, not adjusted for inflation. Director David Frankel told the New York Times the sequel’s finances “mostly went to [the cast].” Already, the studio’s funding in additional “Prada” is proving to be cash effectively spent; the second movie is poised to outgross the unique’s lifetime haul in a matter of weeks.
“Very few dramedies do this kind of business once, let alone a second time that’s bigger,” says David A. Gross, who publishes the field workplace e-newsletter FranchiseRe. “Audiences, mostly female, can’t get enough.”
Lauren Weisberg’s 2003 novel, a roman à clef about working as an assistant to Vogue boss Anna Wintour, was the idea of the primary movie. The follow-up, which introduced again the unique director Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, picks up 20 years later as Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs returns to Runway journal as a options editor beneath Meryl Streep’s highly effective editor-in-chief, Miranda Priestly. Evaluations had been combined, however audiences had been extra receptive and awarded it an “A-“ grade on CinemaScore exit polls. Almost 75% of opening weekend crowds had been girls, in line with PostTrak.
“The Devil Wears Prada 2″ benefitted from nostalgia as well as the excitement of the original cast — Streep, Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci — returning to their beloved roles after 20 years. The first film, a commercial success with $326 million globally, has remained a generation-spanning cultural touchstone. That’s thanks in part to endlessly quotable lines like “gird your loins!” and “by all means, move at a glacial pace” and one withering monologue a few cerulean-colored sweater.
“I never had any idea that my lines would get quoted to me every single week of my life since the movie has come out,” Blunt told Variety when “The Devil Wears Prada” turned 10.
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” was this weekend’s solely main new launch, so holdover titles rounded out the remainder of the field workplace charts. Second place went to “Michael” with a large $54 million from 3,955 venues in its second weekend, down simply 44% from its debut. Lionsgate’s musical biopic about Michael Jackson has been a serious draw with $183.8 million in North America and $423 million globally after simply 12 days in theaters.
Common’s animated “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” landed in third place with $12.1 million from 3,419 areas. After 4 weekends of launch, the household movie has earned a formidable $402.67 million domestically and practically $900 million globally. It’s one other juggernaut for Common, Illumination and Nintendo after the primary movie generated $574 million in North America and $1.3 billion globally in 2023.
“Project Hail Mary” was No. 4 with $8.5 million from 3,017 venues, one other stable maintain for the area epic in its seventh weekend of launch. Thus far, the Ryan Gosling-led blockbuster has amassed $318 million in North America and $638.4 million worldwide. It presently stands as Hollywood’s second-highest grossing film of the 12 months, although “Michael” may quickly surpass that benchmark.
Additionally new to theaters is Neon’s indie thriller “Hokum,” which debuted in fifth place with $6.4 million from 1,855 theaters. It’s a robust get thinking about the movie is enjoying in far fewer theaters than the remainder of the flicks within the prime 5. Adam Scott stars as a author who travels to an Irish inn to unfold the ashes of his dad and mom, unaware that the property is haunted by an historical evil. The movie earned a “B” grade on CinemaScore, which is robust for the horror style.
“Audiences are generally in some state of agitation at the end of a horror movie,” Gross provides. “So a ‘B’ score is excellent.”
”Animal Farm,” this weekend’s last newcomer, opened at No. 6 with $3.3 million from 2,600 screens. Angel Studios backed the animated Orwellian remake, which has been saddled with awful critiques and a weak “C-“ grade on CinemaScore.
