“The Devil Wears Prada 2” opened with $77 million this weekend to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
The sequel to 2006’s comedic drama about the fashion industry, in which Meryl Streep plays a character loosely based on longtime Vogue editor Anna Wintour, was directed by David Frankel, who also helmed the first film.
“Michael,” the biopic about Michael Jackson starring the late pop superstar’s nephew Jaafar Jeremiah Jackson in the title role, grossed $54 million in its second weekend, Comscore reported.
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” was third with $12.1 million Friday through Sunday in its fifth weekend in theaters in the United States and Canada.
“Project Hail Mary” was fourth with $8.5 million in its seventh week, followed by the horror film “Hokum,” which opened with $6.4 million.
“Animal Farm,” an animated version of George Orwell’s 1945 novel directed by Andy Serkis, opened in sixth place with $3.4 million.
Rounding out the top 10 releases were “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” ($2.2 million), “Deep Water” ($2.1 million), “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea 2026” ($1 million) and “The Drama” ($908,303).
This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $172.5 million. The year-to-date total is $2.794 billion — up 14% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.