{"id":663810,"date":"2026-05-11T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/663810\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:15:10","slug":"the-devil-wears-prada-2-has-already-taken-more-money-than-the-first-movie-after-only-10-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/663810\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil Wears Prada 2 has already taken more money than the first movie after only 10 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The Devil Wears Prada 2 has followed up its excellent $233 million opening weekend (the second-biggest of the year to date) with a strong hold in its second weekend, meaning it&#8217;s already strutted past the original movie at the box office.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">After dropping only 44% at the US box office, the celebrated sequel added $43 million in the US and $75 million internationally to stand at a brilliant $433.2 million worldwide following only 10 days of release. It&#8217;s already the fifth highest-grossing movie of the year, behind The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Project Hail Mary, Pegasus 3 and Michael.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The performance to date means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a71148178\/devil-wears-prada-2-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a71148178\/devil-wears-prada-2-review\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Devil Wears Prada 2\" data-node-id=\"13.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a> has sailed past the first movie&#8217;s final $326.7 million result. It&#8217;s not a surprise that the sequel has outgrossed the original, given it was released 20 years ago, and the result is not adjusted for inflation. However, it is still impressive how quickly it&#8217;s surpassed it.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"anne hathaway, the devil wears prada 2\" title=\"Anne Hathaway, The Devil Wears Prada 2\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3a4ac70a-b169-4a43-98a9-7e0a04adb783.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Macall Polay\/\/20th Century Studios<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"18\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a71148178\/devil-wears-prada-2-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a71148178\/devil-wears-prada-2-review\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a rare nostalgic sequel that justifies its existence\" data-node-id=\"18.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a rare nostalgic sequel that justifies its existence<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"22\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">While it&#8217;s performed well at the US box office, the sequel has done especially well outside of the US, with $288 million to date. Its biggest markets so far are the UK and Italy, where it&#8217;s taken $28 million in each, with decent returns in Brazil ($22 million) and Mexico ($20 million).<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"26\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217;s terrific box-office performance is likely to lead to more calls for a third movie. Returning director David Frankel isn&#8217;t ruling out another instalment, having learnt his lesson from the first film. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"31\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;Look, it took us 20 years to do this one. And I said, &#8216;Never again&#8217;, and here we are. So, I certainly would never say, &#8216;Never again&#8217;, again. Let&#8217;s see what happens,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/features\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-easter-eggs-third-movie-last-supper-1236737081\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/features\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-easter-eggs-third-movie-last-supper-1236737081\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Variety\" data-node-id=\"31.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Variety<\/a> ahead of the movie&#8217;s second weekend of release. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"35\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;If there was an opportunity to revisit the characters and to share a few months with these wonderful actors again, obviously, I&#8217;d love it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"meryl streep, stanley tucci, the devil wears prada 2\" title=\"Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada 2\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/81587bc5-de42-43a0-abea-d32f01512312.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>20th Century Studios<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"40\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a71183186\/buy-devil-wears-prada-2-outfits\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a71183186\/buy-devil-wears-prada-2-outfits\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Devil Wears Prada 2 has landed \u2013 how to recreate the looks for less\" data-node-id=\"40.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Devil Wears Prada 2 has landed \u2013 how to recreate the looks for less<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"44\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">It&#8217;s something that&#8217;s echoed by the returning cast who, for understandable reasons, hope that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a71194401\/devil-wears-prada-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a71194401\/devil-wears-prada-3\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"they don&#039;t have to wait 20 years for.\" data-node-id=\"44.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">they don&#8217;t have to wait 20 years for.<\/a> &#8220;I don&#8217;t think we can do it in another 20 years. We have to do it sooner than that, because I&#8217;ll be dead,&#8221; joked Stanley Tucci.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"48\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Anne Hathaway added: &#8220;I hope so, I feel like there&#8217;s more road to explore. But, we&#8217;ll probably have a better idea of that [when the film comes out].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"52\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Safe to say, they have a &#8220;better idea&#8221; now that the fan demand is still there for this world, so don&#8217;t be surprised to see The Devil Wears Prada 3 in the future.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"56\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_devil_wears_prada_2\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_devil_wears_prada_2\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Rotten Tomatoes\" data-node-id=\"56.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, The Devil Wears Prada 2 currently boasts a solid 78% score from 293 critic reviews. This is a slightly higher rating than the first film, which is at 75%. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"60\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The Devil Wears Prada 2 is out now in cinemas.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"65\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The new edition of Living Legends, a 100-page all-colour celebration of Sir David Attenborough, is here! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/livldavidattenborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/livldavidattenborough\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Buy Sir David Attenborough in newsagents or online\" data-node-id=\"65.3\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\">Buy Sir David Attenborough in newsagents or online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778501710_468_a89a3678-45ec-4a46-87f2-e777e4755ac0_1550228492.file.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Ian Sandwell\" title=\"Headshot of Ian Sandwell\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Movies Editor, Digital Spy \u00a0Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. \u00a0Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/g29563104\/best-horror-movies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">horror movies<\/a>, attending genre festivals around the world. \u00a0\u00a0After moving to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Spy<\/a>, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a825774\/marvel-cinematic-universe-in-chronological-order\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel<\/a> and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda \u2013 whether his editor likes it or not.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Devil Wears Prada 2 has followed up its excellent $233 million opening weekend (the second-biggest of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,229445,428,320653,430,134,308081,429,344,320652],"class_list":["post-663810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-fe53c1ff-3a25-47c2-be30-a0dc59db3a9b","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-devil-wears-prada-2-has-already-outgrossed-the-first-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}