Disney said Devil.wears Prada 2 pulled in $10 million in U.S. previews Thursday night and had reached $50.5 million worldwide by Friday morning, setting up a global opening that was closing in on $180 million.
The sequel to The Devil Wears Prada was tracking toward a three-day U.S. opening of $75 million to $80 million after a $33 million Friday total, including previews, from 4,150 theaters. Overseas, the film bowed Thursday in 35 markets, including Germany, Spain, Australia, China, Brazil and Mexico, and its first two days abroad totaled $40.5 million.
Disney’s update put the film in rare company for early momentum. By Friday, the full overseas rollout had expanded to 45 markets, and the movie had posted the highest opening day of 2026 to date in Brazil, Italy, Korea and Australia, as well as Belgium, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Greece. That kind of start matters because the sequel is being sold not just as another studio release, but as a return to a title that still carries real audience memory.
That legacy is showing up online. RelishMix said the film’s pre-release social universe was running at a healthy half-billion across TikTok, YouTube, X, Instagram and Facebook, or three times above comedy norms. The company said conversation around the movie was positive and driven by nostalgia, with one viewer posting, “After Star Wars, this is the first time I’m truly excited about a sequel,” and another saying, “Feels like I’m watching 2006 again I can’t wait.”
That enthusiasm helps explain why the launch looks so strong before the weekend is even over. Devil.wears Prada 2 reunites Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, and the early box office suggests audiences are showing up for the cast and the brand recognition as much as for the film itself. RelishMix also compared the film’s social reach with Wicked: For Good, which stood at 1.3 billion, underscoring how large the conversation around the sequel has become.
The opening leaves little doubt about the immediate answer: Devil.wears Prada 2 is not arriving as a modest nostalgia play, but as one of the year’s biggest launches, with the only question now being how close it gets to the upper end of its weekend forecasts.