Devil Wears Prada 2 Opens to $233M Worldwide

Miranda Priestly is back. And she did not come to play.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 stormed into theaters this weekend and immediately rewrote the record books, debuting at No. 1 both domestically and globally with a jaw-dropping $233.6 million worldwide haul. Of that, $77 million came from North American audiences alone — nearly triple the $27.5 million the original earned when it opened in the summer of 2006. Internationally, audiences contributed over $156 million, making this the second-biggest worldwide opening of 2026, behind only The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

Disney and 20th Century Studios had to be holding their breath going in. Sequels to beloved, non-franchise films are notoriously tricky, and reuniting the original cast — Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci — plus bringing back director David Frankel required a $100 million budget, more than double the original’s $35-40 million. But the gamble paid off almost immediately. Aided by ferocious word-of-mouth and an “A” CinemaScore from exit polls, the film effectively broke even and turned a profit within roughly 24 to 48 hours of its global rollout.

“Some things never go out of fashion,” Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends at Comscore, told CNBC. “It’s difficult to predict whether audiences will embrace or reject a sequel to a beloved original, but the creative teams, the marketing folks and the distribution team of Disney’s 20th Century Studios put together an irresistible hit movie that had not just appeal in the United States but also around the world.”

The $77 million domestic debut places the film fourth on the year’s domestic chart, behind The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($131M), Michael ($97.5M), and Project Hail Mary ($80M). But the story overseas is where Prada 2 really made its mark — and where it’s clear that millennial and Gen X audiences around the world were ready to return to Runway magazine in a big way.

What This Means for Streep, Hathaway, and the Summer Season

This is the highest opening weekend of Meryl Streep’s entire career. Let that sink in. One of the most decorated actors in Hollywood history, and it took a fashion-world sequel at age 76 to give her the biggest box office debut of her life. It’s also one of the best openings ever for a film headlined by a female-centric cast — in the same conversation as the Wicked films and Pitch Perfect 2, ahead of Maleficent and the live-action Cinderella.

The original Devil Wears Prada was a quiet overachiever. In the summer of 2006, packed with Superman, X-Men, and Pirates of the Caribbean, a Streep-and-Hathaway dramedy about journalism and the fashion industry felt like counterprogramming before anyone used that word seriously. It never hit No. 1, but it didn’t need to — it ran long and quiet and earned $124.7 million domestically and $326.5 million worldwide on a modest budget. Twenty years later, the sequel arrived and did in one weekend what the original did in months.

By next weekend, The Devil Wears Prada 2 is expected to surpass the original’s entire worldwide lifetime gross. It currently represents 72% of that number after just three days.

The Rest of the Weekend

The Michael Jackson biopic Michael held impressively in second place, dropping only 44% to add $54 million domestically in its second frame. Its worldwide total now sits at $423-424 million — remarkable numbers for a biopic, even one with a price tag estimated between $150-200 million. The film is firmly on track to cross half a billion globally.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie continued its long, sturdy run in third place, adding $12.1 million in its fifth weekend to bring its domestic total to $402.6 million and its worldwide haul to $894 million. The billion-dollar watch is officially on.

Project Hail Mary, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, became the first film since Avatar: Fire and Ash to spend seven consecutive weekends in the top five. Its $8.5 million this weekend brings its domestic total to $318.3 million, with a global finish potentially approaching $700 million — a number only five Hollywood films hit in all of 2025.

Neon’s horror newcomer Hokum, starring Adam Scott and directed by Damian McCarthy, rounded out the top five with $6.4 million from 1,885 theaters. With an 86% critics score, it’s the distributor’s best opening since last summer’s Together.

In the U.K. and Ireland specifically, Prada 2 opened to £9.3 million ($12.6 million), also landing at No. 1, per Comscore. Michael moved to second there with $9.4 million in its second frame, bringing its U.K. cumulative to $31.2 million.

Looking ahead, this coming weekend brings Mortal Kombat II, the Hugh Jackman family mystery The Sheep Detectives, and the James Cameron-directed Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft — The Tour Live in 3D. It’ll be a crowded house. But this weekend belonged entirely to Prada — and to the four people who made us fall in love with it the first time.