Box Office: ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Remains No. 1 With $43 Million, ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Launches to $40 Million

Apparently, the gruff fighter Johnny Cage wasn’t much of a match for the all-powerful Miranda Priestly.

Disney’s “The Devil Wears Prada 2” retained the No. 1 spot on domestic box office charts despite three major new releases, including the video game adaptation “Mortal Kombat II.” The “Devil Wears Prada” sequel added $43 million from 4,200 North American theaters, declining just 44% from its debut while boosting its North American tally to $144.8 million. Meanwhile, the star-studded comedy has collected $288.4 million internationally for a strong global total of $433 million after just two weekends of release. Those ticket sales are above the entire lifetime haul of 2006’s “The Devil Wears Prada,” which generated $326 million, not adjusted for inflation.

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Second place went to the Warner Bros. martial-arts inspired sequel “Mortal Kombat II,” which launched to $40 million from 3,503 venues. The film powered to $63 million globally, including a softer-than-expected $23 million overseas. Critics and audiences seemed mixed on the R-rated movie, which has a 65% Rotten Tomatoes average and “B” grade on CinemaScore exit polls.

“Mortal Kombat II” was produced for $80 million, above the prior installment’s $55 million price tag. The first “Mortal Kombat” opened to $23 million, though that figure comes with a major caveat. It landed simultaneously on HBO Max during the studio’s disastrous year-long experiment known as Project Popcorn. Considering the reality that people were largely steering clear of cinemas at the time, the video game adaptation became a modest success with $42 million in North America and $84 million worldwide. Those aren’t the kind of returns that would typically justify a sequel or launch a franchise, but HBO had reported that “Mortal Kombat” was among the streamer’s most-watched movies at the time. Warner Bros. clearly has high hopes for a theatrical series because a third film is already in development.

“As a broad genre, video game adaptations are in the middle of a true renaissance,” says Shawn Robbins, director of movie analytics at Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory. Recent wins in the space have included “Super Mario,” “Minecraft” and “Sonic the Hedgehog.” He added that “Warner Bros.’ timing for Mortal Kombat II couldn’t have served as a stronger example of counter-programming this Mother’s Day weekend.”

Two newcomers, Amazon MGM’s charming whodunit “Sheep Detectives” and Paramount’s concert film “Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D),” landed in fourth and fifth place, respectively. Those movies opened behind Lionsgate’s “Michael,” which took the No. 3 slot with a remarkable $36.5 million from 3,550 theaters in its third outing, a scant 33% decline from last weekend. So far, the biopic about Michael Jackson has generated $240.4 million in North America and a massive $577 million globally. This weekend, “Michael” has outpaced the domestic gross of 2018’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” ($216 million) to become the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time in North America. The Queen biopic remains far bigger at the worldwide box office with $911 million, though, at this rate, “Michael” could soon approach the global heights of Freddie Mercury.

“Sheep Detective” trotted to a better-than-expected $15.9 million from 3,574 locations, a decent start for an original family film. The film also earned $12.1 million overseas, bringing its global weekend total to $28 million. It cost a hefty $75 million to produce. However, critics and moviegoers loved the live-action/ CGI hybrid (“Sheep Detective” earned a 93% Rotten Tomatoes average and solid “A-” grade on CinemaScore), which bodes well for box office longevity. Hugh Jackman stars in the PG-rated comedy, which follows a shepherd who goes missing, leaving his sheep to follow the clues, investigate human suspects and crack the case. Based on the children’s book “Three Bags Full,” “Sheep Detective” was directed by Kyle Balda (“Despicable Me”) and written by Craig Mazin (“The Last of Us”).

“The start is just shy of average for the genre, but most hybrids are based on high-profile IP like ‘Minecraft,’ ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ and ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks,'” notes David A. Gross, who publishes the box office newsletter FranchiseRe. “With no big family entertainment on the calendar until ‘Toy Story 5’ on June 19, the film has room to run. And word-of-mouth should help.”

“Billie Eilish” opened to $7.5 million from 2,613 venues, slightly below expectations. It was bigger-than-projected at the international box office with $12.6 million for a global start of $20 million. The film, co-directed by James Cameron and Eilish, was another crowd-pleaser, securing a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and “A” on CinemaScore. As the unwieldy title suggests, “Hit Me Hard and Soft” follows the 24-year-old Grammy- and Oscar-winning artist on her arena tour of the same name. It was produced for $20 million through a partnership with Paramount and Interscope Records.

“The Billie Eilish/James Cameron concert collab shows the importance of great sound systems and visually impactful 3D in movie theaters,” says analyst Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s head of marketplace trends.

Early May is the box office’s unofficial kickoff to summer. Right now, spirits are high because the overall box office is trending 16% ahead of last year, according to Comscore. Meanwhile this weekend is impressively up 88% from the same period in 2025, when Marvel’s “Thunderbolts,” Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” and “A Minecraft Movie” were leading the charts. This Mother’s Day frame was bolstered by holdovers including Universal’s “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” which earned $6.6 million in its sixth weekend of release, as well as Amazon MGM’s Project Hail Mary,” which brought in $6 million in its eighth weekend of release. “Mario” has generated $941 million worldwide, and “Hail Mary” has grossed $655.8 million globally to date.

“‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and ‘Michael’ continue their impressive trajectories, but the long-term playability awards must go to ‘Mario’ and ‘Project Hail Mary,’ which demonstrate the vital importance of holdover strength,” Dergarabedian adds. “As the old saying goes, a rising tide raises all ships — and this has been the secret sauce for the year thus far.”