The new 'Devil Wears Prada' movie did so much better at the box office

Gird your loins! "The Devil Wears Prada 2" is kicking off the summer movie season in style.

The highly anticipated sequel starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep debuted with a sizable $77 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend, according to estimates from Comscore released on May 3. It was an impressive launch, considering the original movie only opened to $27 million in 2006 (unadjusted for inflation) and finished with $124.7 million.

This gave "The Devil Wears Prada 2" the fourth-biggest opening weekend of 2026, behind only "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie," "Michael" and "Project Hail Mary." The film opened on the weekend that is traditionally considered the start of the summer blockbuster season. In 2025, Marvel's "Thunderbolts*" opened in that spot and had a similarly sized $74 million debut.

Worldwide, "The Devil Wears Prada 2" took in $233.6 million.

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