The Devil Wears Prada struts into Hollywood’s elite box office club with Part 2

If you told me a few years back that The Devil Wears Prada franchise would be sat at the same box office table as the Star Wars crowd, I’d have probably given you a look. Yet here we are: the Prada films have just muscled their way into the billion-dollar club, and not in a subtle way either.

The Numbers (and They're Flashy)

Thanks to a sequel that did ludicrously well, the entire franchise has now raked in over $1 billion worldwide. Here’s how it breaks down:

• The Devil Wears Prada 2 – $676 million after seven weeks in cinemas. (To put that in context, most ‘serious’ blockbusters would kill for a run like that.)
• The 2006 original film – $326.5 million over its entire cinema life.

Disney, rather than using this as a slot for one of their never-ending Marvel films, actually pushed The Devil Wears Prada 2 onto the big screen on the 1st of May. Not a random choice, and it paid off: opening weekend alone saw $233 million globally, including $76.7 million from the US. That opening didn’t just beat old records for the franchise—it crushed them.

Get this: the sequel out-earned the original’s entire US box office total ($124.7 million, back in the day) in just nine days. That sort of jump is nearly unheard of unless you’re talking about superheroes or one of those live-action remakes.

The Usual Suspects (and Some Returning Faces)

For the return trip, Disney didn’t mess around. David Frankel came back to direct. Aline Brosh McKenna returned to write. As for the cast, they rolled out Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Blunt—the exact line-up people wanted. Worth noting: the budget was reportedly $100 million before you count global advertising, which is a lot of cash for a fashion satire.

How the Rest of the World Paid Up

Here’s where things get especially impressive. The sequel is now sitting as the fourth highest-grossing MPA (Motion Picture Association) global release for 2026—already, and the year isn’t even over. Disney has three of the top six on that same global chart, which is a bit embarrassing for everyone else.

If you look outside the US, the film’s now the third top-grosser for 2026. It’s been raking it in across multiple territories, and here are the highlights:

• United Kingdom: $45.8 million—the biggest market anywhere outside the States.
• Italy: $37.3 million, which makes it the most successful non-Italian title over there.
• Germany: $33.2 million comes in as the next best European haul.
• Other major contributors: Brazil ($33.2M), Japan ($31.9M), Australia ($29.5M), Mexico ($29.4M), France ($26.9M), China ($15.3M), Spain ($12.8M).

For comparison, when the first Prada film was released, it made $201.8 million offshore. The sequel, meanwhile, tallied up $458.1 million outside the US alone—and it’s still running in cinemas.

As much as it’s unexpected for a franchise like this, you’ve got to admit—the Prada team didn’t just get lucky once, they somehow did it twice, and in a year jammed with bigger, louder films trying to do the same.