‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Remains No. 1 With $43 Million, ‘Mortal Kombat II’ No. 2 with $40 Million

MORTAL KOMBAT II, (aka MORTAL KOMBAT 2), Lewis Tan, 2026.© Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection — ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

The Devil Wears Prada 2 retained the No. 1 spot on domestic box office charts despite 3 major new releases, including the video game adaptation Mortal Kombat II.

The Devil Wears Prada sequel added $43 million from 4,200 American theaters, declining just 44% from its debut while boosting its American tally to $144.8 million.

The star-studded comedy has earned $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.

Second place went to the Warner 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.

“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.” Warner’s timing for Mortal Kombat II couldn’t have served as a stronger example of counter-programming this Mother’s Day weekend.”

Amazon MGM’s 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 $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 opened to $15.9 million from 3,574 locations, a decent start for 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 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 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.

“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 film 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. The overall box office is trending 16% ahead of last year, according to Comscore.

This weekend is 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,’ due to holdover strength.

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‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Remains No. 1 With $43 Million, ‘Mortal Kombat II’ No. 2 with $40 Million

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