‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Banking $75M-$80M US Opening

FRIDAY AFTERNOON: 20th Century Studios‘ Devil Wears Prada 2 is completely able to put on for feminine moviegoers this weekend with an eye fixed on a 3-day of $75M-$80M after a $33M Friday (together with previews) at 4,150 theaters. In regards to the Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci reteam exceeding $80M+, the pic actually wants the date crowd, Prada fanatics, and girls evening to make a path towards multiplexes.

Social media attain throughout TikTook, YouTube, X, Instagram and Facebook is over a half billion per RelishMix for half 2. Strong, however by comparability, Wicked: For Good was at 1.3 billion. “Pre-release social media universe SMU stats on The Devil Wears Prada 2 are running at a healthy half-billion which is 3X above comedy norms with a unique TikTok page for the film and running on 20th channels across Facebook, X, YouTube and Instagram,” says the analytics agency.

Says RelishMix, “Convo runs positive for The Devil Wears Prada 2fueled by nostalgia hitting like a luxury brand relaunch that actually lands. The audience leans into legacy appeal, treating the sequel as a cultural reunion rather than a cash grab, with comparisons to long-gestating follow-ups like Top Gun Maverick elevating expectations. There’s strong cast-driven enthusiasm, especially around Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, where agelessness becomes part of the brand mythology, not a distraction. Fashion callbacks and iconography are doing heavy lifting, signaling the film understands its own meme economy. Even skepticism often softens into curiosity, suggesting high conversion potential. ‘After Star Wars, this is the first time I’m truly excited about a sequel’ paired with ‘Feels like I’m watching 2006 again I can’t wait.’ captures that rare mix of reverence and hype, while ‘First was legendary can’t wait for this one’ and ‘Much more exciting than any superhero cheese’ show it cutting through genre fatigue.”

Lionsgate’s Michael can also be sturdy in weekend 2 with round $45M-54%, after a $12M-$13.5M second Friday for a working whole by Sunday of $174.8M. Together with Devils Prada 2, each films are sure to gas a primary weekend of summer time that is properly north of the identical body a yr in the past ($144.2M led by Thunderbolts* opening with $74.3M and third weekend of Sinners in second with $33.1M).

Third belongs to Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie at 3,412 with $2.5M right now and a fifth weekend of $11.2M-45%. The sequel turns into the primary film of 2026 to cross $400M by Sunday on the home BO (Running cume anticipated is $401.8M).

At 3,017, the seventh weekend of Amazon MGM Studio’s Project Hail Mary is round $9M-$29%, after a Friday of $2.35M. Cume by Sunday is $318.7M.

NEON’s horror movie Hokum at 1,860 theaters is seeing an estimated $2.6M right now and north of $6M for the weekend.

FRIDAY AM UPDATE, AFTER EXCLUSIVE: disney is reporting $10M in Thursday evening US previews for twentieth Century Studios’ The Devil Wears Prada 2. But world is as much as $50.5M already. Wowza. The world opening forecast for Chapter 2 is near $180M worldwide.

The $100M function manufacturing bowed in 35 markets Thursday together with Germany, Spain, Australia, China, Brazil and Mexico, taking the complete whole to 45 markets up to now. The first two days have been strutted $40.5M on the abroad BO

The Devil Wears Prada 2 you’ve posted the best opening day of 2026 up to now in Brazil, Italy, Korea and Australia in addition to Belgium, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece, Ukraine, New Zealand, Taiwan and the Philippines. The sequel opened at No. 1 or prime non-local in all markets aside from Netherlands, Ecuador and Bolivia.

The particular person territories are shaping up as follows: Italy ($5.9M), Brazil ($3.2M), Germany ($3.1M), Mexico ($3M), Australia ($2.7M), France ($2.7M), China ($2.4M), Korea ($1.5M), Argentina ($1M), Spain ($1M) and all others ($14M).

The US Rotten Tomatoes viewers rating stands at 88% versus the primary pic’s 76%. The Wendy Finerman manufacturing is booked at 4,150 theaters together with 1,000 Premium Large Format screens, 200+ DBOX/Motion screens, and 100 ScreenX screens.

Neon’s Adam Scott horror movie Hokum from Damian Mc Carthy posted nice previews of $900K general. Broken out that is $600K Thursday previews, plus one other $300K from thriller screenings. Keep in thoughts that Neon’s 2024 Sydney Sweeney nun horror pic Immaculate, posted $415K in Thursday previews and opened to $5M. Last May, A24’s Bring Her Back posted $850K in Thursday previews and went on to open to $7.1M. Critics are at 86% licensed contemporary on Rotten Tomatoes for the film, which world premiered at SXSW (learn Deadline’s overview here). in Hokum, a horror author visits an Irish inn to scatter his dad and mom’ ashes, unaware that the property is claimed to be haunted by a witch.

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Here’s how the week went:

1.) Michael (LG) 3,955 theaters, Wk $129.8M/Wk 1

2.) The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Uni) 3,732 theaters, Wk $25.2M (-44%), Total $390.5M/Wk 4

3.) Project Hail Mary (AMZ) 3,510 theaters, Wk $17.5M (-36%), Total $309.7M/Wk 6

4.) Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (WB/NL) 3,304 theaters, Wk $7.4M, -59%, Total $25.2M/Wk 2

5.) The Drama (A24) 1,982 theaters, Wk $3.7M (-49%), Total $45.9M/Wk 4

EXCLUSIVE: twentieth Century Studios’ The Devil Wears Prada 2 is sashaying in tonight with $10M previews which started at 2PM right now based on sources.

Heck, sure, that is a fantastic begin. At that stage, Devil Wears Prada 2 is beneath final summer time’s kickoff, Disney/Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* ($11.5M previews, $74.3M opening), proper close to Disney’s Little Mermaid ($10.3M previews, $95.5M opening) from 2023, and slightly below 2017’s Wonder Woman ($11M previews, $103.2M). Per week in the past, Lionsgate’s Michael posted general previews (Thursday and Wednesday fan Imax exhibits) of $12.6M which led to a $97.2M North American begin. Devil Wears Prada 2 is booked at 4,150 theaters and has all of the PLF screens, whereas the King of Pop holds onto Imax.

Presales have been fairly horny heading into the weekend with $20M for the David Frankel-directed sequel, which arrives in theaters shut to twenty years after the primary pic. That presales determine was on par with Project Hail Mary ($80M) and Dune: Part Two ($82.5M). Granted these are each male-skewing films versus Devil Wears Prada 2 which is feminine, which means attendance may very well be frontloaded for the sequel this weekend. Tracking has Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci sequel between $73M-$80M. Word of mouth bodes properly with evaluations now at 78% licensed contemporary on Rotten Tomatoes, increased than the unique 2006 movie which was 75% licensed contemporary. RelishMix studies on their social media buzz meter, Devil Wears Prada 2 is at a excessive 7.2 (versus The Breadwinner‘s 3.9M and Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu‘s 5.3.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 opens in all places abroad this weekend. A $180M world begin is anticipated or $100M abroad. In China, Prada 2 is monitoring to $2.5M on Friday. Thursday was $2.4M.

The first Devil Wears Prada posted a Friday of $9.4M, a 3-day of $27.5M and ended at $124.7M home, and $326.5M worldwide.

Exhibitors, likewise, have been additionally seeing strong advance ticket gross sales for half 2.

Alamo Drafthouse crossed $1M in pre-sales on The Devil Wears Prada 2 which tracks just like Deadpool & Wolverine for the dine-in exhibitor.

“Presalts for Devil Wears Prada 2 are super-strong, with a lot of group buyouts coming in,” stated Traci Hanlon, CMO of Dallas luxe circuit Cinergy Entertainment. “We’re seeing real demand for the Prada-themed experiences, especially our dress-to-impress Prada Brunch and Couture Night events. “We expect the popcorn purse bags to sell out quickly, and we’re really excited about our ‘human crane’ giveaway game with an actual Prada bag…all of our movie-themed in-theatre promos are getting a lot of moviegoer attention.”

Cinergy held a premiere evening tonight for moviegoing members with a purple carpet, prosecco greeting, paparazzi-style pictures, and visitors in full runway seems. The chain is actually placing present designer luggage, we’re speaking Prada and Coach, inside a life-size “Human Crane” sport which will likely be at their Midland, TX theater all through the weekend till the baggage are gone.

Separately, the Boxoffice Company studies that 28% of all scheduled weekend showtimes within the United States are being designated to Devil Wears Prada 2 adopted by Michael (19%), The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (11%), and Project Hail Mary (7%).