The Devil Wears Prada 2 Struts Past Projections With a Runway-Worthy Box Office Debut

Well, the high-heeled sequel nobody realized they needed just stomped all over the box office. That’s right, The Devil Wears Prada 2 didn’t just have a good opening—it basically sent every pre-release prediction straight to the bargain bin.

The Numbers Are in... and They're Not Subtle

Let’s get right to it: the movie pulled in $77 million in the US over its first weekend. That’s already more than the entire opening run for the original film back in 2006, which eked out $27.5 million ($48 million with inflation, if you’re that person). This time around, the sequel went wider—opening in 4,150 theaters domestically, and the box office cash just kept flowing: $32.5 million on Friday, $25 million Saturday, and $19.5 million Sunday.

Worldwide, the debut was even more dramatic—$233.6 million global. If you’re keeping score, that's almost double what the first movie (The Devil Wears Prada) made in the US over its entire run, and it’s nearly about to blast past that movie’s worldwide box office in just a couple of weekends.

Beating the OG, Blowing Past Projections

To put this in perspective, the studio (Walt Disney, in case you thought anyone else owns movie theaters anymore) was apparently hoping for something around $73 million on the low end for domestic opening. The sequel beat those numbers pretty comfortably and, as of now, is tracking to leave the 2006 original in the dust when it comes to worldwide totals. The first film ended up with $124.7 million domestically and $326.5 million globally. From the looks of it, the sequel might hit that global number sometime next weekend.

Meryl Streep: New Opening Weekend Queen (Sort Of)

For Meryl Streep, this is officially the biggest opening weekend of her career—a stat I found genuinely surprising, given her curriculum vitae is thicker than the September issue of Vogue. That said, the rest of the returning (and expanded) cast have headlined bigger: Emily Blunt was in Oppenheimer, Anne Hathaway did The Dark Knight Rises, and Stanley Tucci’s worked his way through the Hunger Games. Still, a personal best for Meryl is nothing to sneeze at.

Wider Box Office Picture (And A Quick List)

The movie joins the top ten earners of the year on a global scale (we’re in 2026 now for the record), currently sitting at No. 7. To spell it out:

• It’s beaten Scream 7, GOAT, and Send Help (all of which had a several-week head start)
• It’s $8 million below Wuthering Heights in sixth place
• But still about $200 million shy of the Michael Jackson biopic Michael at No. 1, which is just on a different planet right now

Speaking of which, in case you’re chart-watching: Michael stayed at No. 2 in the US this weekend, raking in $54 million in its second week and $423.9 million globally. Meanwhile, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is still doing numbers, pulling another $12 million in domestic box office in week five.

Circling back, Disney probably isn’t sweating their $100 million production budget on this one—the sequel’s already halfway to clearing it in just a few days.

What Next?

So, in summary: The Devil Wears Prada 2 did what sequels almost never do—open far bigger than the original, break records for big-name actors, and put itself on track for actual profitability (never a given, believe me). Early word from the box office runway is: it’s a hit. Whether it inspires a third film or just a lot of loud talk about capes and handbags, I guess we’ll find out soon enough.