The highly anticipated high-fashion sequel has already left the original in the dust with a stupendous opening, and ‘Michael’ still has legs in week 2.

*The Devil Wears Prada 2 *sashays to sensational $233 million at global box office, breaking record for star Meryl Streep

The highly anticipated high-fashion sequel has already left the original in the dust with a stupendous opening, and 'Michael' still has legs in week 2.

By Ryan Coleman

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May 3, 2026 6:06 p.m. ET

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Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Stanley Tucci in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'. Credit:

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- *The Devil Wears Prada 2 *achieved a monumental box office premiere this weekend, with $77 million domestically and $233.6 million globally.

- The fashion-centric sequel outperformed 2006's original film and has become the highest-earning domestic premiere in star Meryl Streep's career.

- *Michael *still performed well in the No. 2 spot with $54 million in its second week, while next week, *Mortal Kombat II *eyes box office supremacy.

Why was no one reeeady... for *The Devil Wears Prada 2*'s stupendous performance at the box office?

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.

Those numbers represent a leaps and bounds improvement on the original, even adjusted for inflation. When *The Devil Wears Prada *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.

Made on an estimated $100 million budget, *The Devil Wears Prada 2 *has proven itself more than capable of getting back into the green, even accounting for its substantial marketing and promotional expenses.

Meryl Streep in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'.

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In just three days, *The Devil Wears Prada 2 *has already shot to No. 7 on the global list of 2026's highest grossing films so far, beating *Scream 7*, *GOAT*, *Send Help*, which had weeks-long head starts. The sequel is a mere $8 million away from unseating *Wuthering Heights *on the No. 6 spot, but is still a good $200 million shy of *Michael*, which will continue to add to its tally in only its second week in theaters.

*The Devil Wears Prada 2*'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's illustrious career. Each of her costars have been attached to other films that outperformed *TDWP2 *at home in their opening weekends, from *Oppenheimer *(Emily Blunt), to *The Dark Knight Rises *(Anne Hathaway), to most of the *Hunger Games *movies (Stanley Tucci). But *Prada *prevailed for Streep, above *Mamma Mia*, its sequel, *Into the Woods*, and more.

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Antoine Fuqua's controversial Michael Jackson biopic *Michael *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.

The third spot on the domestic and global leaderboards was held by another returning champ this weekend: *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* 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.

Elsewhere, Neon's latest horror offering, the Adam Scott-starrer *Hokum*, premiered to $6.4 million domestically, while the Christian outfit Angel Studios' *Animal Farm *adaptation opened to $3.4 million. Globally, the Chinese/Hong Kong co-production *Cold War 1994 *earned a $23 million debut, and India's *Patriot *opened to $6.5 million.

Next week, it would take a miracle to upset *Michael *and *The Devil Wears Prada 2*'s twin holds on the box office, but *Mortal Kombat II *is going to take them into the arena to try.

Simon McQuoid's CGI-heavy action sequel stars Karl Urban as fan-favorite video game character Johnny Cage.

"His integration into the *Mortal Kombat* story and universe is a big part of what this movie explores, *Mortal Kombat* co-creator Ed Boon told *** *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."

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