Devil Wears Prada 2 opens $233.6M

Box office stories are usually about superheroes, sequels with capes, or animated four-quadrant machines. This one is about a fashion dramedy follow-up landing like an event movie. The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened this weekend with $77 million domestic and $233.6 million worldwide, (deadline.com)not just the number — it’s the kind of movie posting it. (deadline.com)ury Studios sequel to the 2006 original, bringing back Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, director David Frankel, and writer Aline Brosh McKenna. Box Office Mojo lists the story as Andy Sachs reuniting with Miranda Priestly while both navigate a media world hit by the decline of traditional magazine publishing. (boxofficemojo.com) ### How strong was the debu(deadline.com)in North America from 4,150 theaters and $156.6 million internationally, for a $233.6 million global start. Deadline called it the second-best start for an MPA title this year behind Super Mario Galaxy Movie, while Forbes said the domestic launch ranks among 2026’s biggest openings. (deadline.com) ### Why are people c(boxofficemojo.com)ing was around $73 million domestic, while rival estimates had bounced around the mid-$70 millions. The movie cleared that anyway, and one early report noted more than $10 million in Thursday previews. Basically, it didn’t just meet expectations — it outran them. (deadline.com) ### Was this mostly a U.S. story? No — the over(deadline.com) with a standout result in Italy, where Deadline said it became the No. 4 opening ever for a Hollywood movie. A few territories like France, Spain, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands put it at No. 2, but the international total still hit the second-highest MPA overseas opening of the year. (deadline.com)end of summer is a signal week. The Wrap said this opening helped push the overall domestic weekend to $174 million, up 19% from the comparable frame last year. It also opened above last year’s summer kickoff title, Thunderbolts*, which started with $74.3 million domestic and about $160 million globally. That makes Prada 2 look less like a niche nostalgia play and more like a real calendar-moving release. (thewrap.com)er than the original? Not worldwide, but it’s off to a much faster start. The 2006 film finished with $326.5 million globally, including $124.7 million domestic. The sequel has already made more in one weekend than the original earned in North America across its full run, and it’s within striking distance of the first film’s entire worldwide total. (thewrap.com) ### What’s th(thewrap.com)nd opening-date urgency fade. The Wrap estimated it would need roughly $535 million worldwide to top the first film’s inflation-adjusted theatrical run, so the runway is long even after a huge start. (thewrap.com) ### Bottom line The big story is not just that The Devil Wears (thewrap.com)ole. Studios pay attention when audience behavior breaks the usual template — and this weekend did exactly that. (deadline.com)