The Devil Wears Prada 2 opens to $233.6 million worldwide, a comedy record

That opening was built on scale and familiarity. The film played in 4,150 North American locations, reunited director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, and returned to the world of Runway magazine nearly 20 years after the 2006 original. The first film opened domestically to $27.5 million and finished at about $326 million worldwide, but the sequel has started far hotter and is already projected to surpass that lifetime total within weeks.

The audience profile helps explain why the movie hit so hard. Women made up about 76% of ticket buyers, according to PostTrak exit polls, and 74% of surveyed moviegoers said they would definitely recommend it. CinemaScore gave the film an A-, a strong reception even as reviews were mixed. Deadline reported about 5 million North American admissions, with an average ticket price of $14.56, while Italy led overseas markets with $16.6 million.

The result is more than a franchise win. It is the fourth-best opening of 2026 so far, behind Michael, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Project Hail Mary, and it marks the highest domestic, international and global opening ever for Meryl Streep, surpassing Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. That matters because studio comedies have struggled to generate this kind of theatrical urgency without a built-in hook. Here, nostalgia did much of the heavy lifting: the return of the original ensemble, the familiarity of Andy Sachs back at Runway as a features editor under Miranda Priestly, and a cultural memory built on lines like “gird your loins,” “groundbreaking” and “that’s all.”