{"id":64337,"date":"2026-05-11T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=64337"},"modified":"2026-05-10T23:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:12:28","slug":"devil-wears-prada-2-box-office-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/devil-wears-prada-2-box-office-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil Wears Prada 2 Stuns Mortal Kombat II in Mother\u2019s Day Box Office Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: #f7fafc; padding: 15px;\">\n<p><strong>Quick Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Devil Wears Prada 2 secured the top spot for the second consecutive week with $43 million, significantly outperforming expectations on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>Mortal Kombat II debuted at $40 million domestically, falling short of the top spot but showing stronger performance than its predecessor.<\/li>\n<li>Overall weekend box office revenue reached $162.1 million, marking a 63.4% year-over-year increase compared to the same period in 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (Azat TV) \u2013 The box office landscape saw a surprising outcome this weekend as 20th Century Studios\u2019 <em>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> maintained its dominance, fending off the highly anticipated debut of Warner Bros.\u2019 <em>Mortal Kombat II<\/em>. The sequel, featuring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, leveraged a powerful surge on Mother\u2019s Day to secure $43 million in its second frame, according to <em>BoxOfficePro<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Devil Wears Prada 2 Maintains Box Office Lead<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the R-rated spectacle of <em>Mortal Kombat II<\/em> entering the market with 3,503 screens and significant premium large-format (PLF) support, the legacy sequel failed to topple the incumbent. <em>Mortal Kombat II<\/em> opened with a respectable $40 million domestically, but it struggled to match the day-to-day momentum of the Meryl Streep-led comedy. The disparity was most evident on Sunday, where <em>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> essentially doubled the daily intake of the fighting franchise sequel, proving the strength of its broad demographic appeal.<\/p>\n<h2>Mortal Kombat II Opening Stalls Amid Holiday Competition<\/h2>\n<p>For Warner Bros., the $40 million domestic opening represents a solid start, yet it fell short of capturing the number one spot during a competitive weekend. While the film saw 46% of its revenue generated from PLF screenings, including $6.8 million from IMAX, the audience shift toward family-friendly and legacy-driven content on Sunday hindered its potential for a top-tier debut. Industry analysts noted that while the film will likely outperform its predecessor\u2019s total domestic haul of $42.3 million, its long-term viability remains tied to how well it holds against upcoming tentpoles like <em>The Mandalorian &amp; Grogu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Biopic Success and Market Trends<\/h2>\n<p>The wider box office environment remains robust, with the total weekend gross reaching $162.1 million\u2014a 63.4% increase over the same period in 2025. This growth was bolstered by the continued success of the music biopic <em>Michael<\/em>, which earned $36.5 million in its third weekend. The film has now surpassed <em>Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em> to become the highest-grossing music biopic in domestic history, with a global total currently sitting at $577.4 million. Meanwhile, Amazon MGM\u2019s <em>The Sheep Detectives<\/em> managed a $15.9 million debut, rounding out a week where diverse genres competed for limited premium screen space.<\/p>\n<p><em>The sustained performance of The Devil Wears Prada 2 indicates a significant shift in audience preferences, where legacy brand resonance and holiday-specific counter-programming are proving more effective at driving repeat theater attendance than traditional genre-based tentpoles.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Devil Wears Prada 2 held the top spot at the domestic box office, narrowly defeating the opening of Mortal Kombat II following a significant Mother&#8217;s Day boost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1480],"tags":[7859,17965,16533],"class_list":["post-64337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-box-office","tag-mortal-kombat-ii","tag-the-devil-wears-prada-2"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meryl-streep-stanley-tucci.jpg","_embedded":{"wp:featuredmedia":[{"id":-1,"source_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meryl-streep-stanley-tucci.jpg","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64438,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64337\/revisions\/64438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}