Disney’s ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ cat walks to the top of the box office

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Moviegoers couldn’t resist the chance to see Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway reprise their roles as fashion magazine diva Miranda Priestly and her former assistant in Walt Disney’s The Devil Wears Prada 2.The 20th Century Studios’ remake of the 2006 hit film cat walked to the top of the domestic box office with an estimated $77 million take through Sunday, according to Comscore.AMC Entertainment, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, offered luxury-inspired popcorn handbags in select theaters on opening day, perhaps contributing to its $32.5 million in ticket sales on Friday.Comscore’s head of marketplace trends Paul Dergarabedian said The Devil Wears Prada 2 overperformed in international markets, where it raked in $156.6 million—more than twice what it sold in the U.S. and Canada—for an estimated $233.6 million global opening.

The film brought back screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna and director David Frankel, “and of course having pretty much all of the original cast and creative team made it a must-see for fans of the original,” he said.The original The Devil Wears Prada sold $27.5 million its opening weekend and went on to take in more than $326.4 million worldwide, with 62% of its sales, or $201.7 million, from outside of North America, according to Comscore. Some reviewers have been underwhelmed by the sequel in comparison.For Hollywood overall, this weekend’s estimated $172.5 million in domestic box office sales is 18% higher than the same weekend last year, bringing the year to date box office to $2.79 billion, up 14% from this point in 2025, according to Comscore.“This is shaping up to be one of the best summer movie seasons of all time and certainly since the pandemic,”