The Devil Wears Prada 2 box office opening Michael global collection 2026:
So this weekend’s box office numbers are kind of wild.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened globally with around $233M, and Michael followed closely with about $217M. And yeah, both of them basically walked past Marvel’s recent releases like it wasn’t even a contest.
To put it in perspective, Marvel’s Thunderbolts* opened at around $162M, and Captain America: Brave New World did about $192M. Even The Fantastic Four: First Steps—which had a stronger run—landed close at $218M, but still got slightly edged out by these two.
What’s interesting here isn’t just the numbers, it’s the pattern. A legacy sequel like Devil Wears Prada 2 pulling that kind of global opening shows there’s still a huge appetite for familiar IP when it actually connects with audiences. And Michael—being a biopic—doing nearly the same level just adds to that surprise factor.
Meanwhile, Marvel’s recent slate isn’t exactly failing, but it’s also not dominating the way it used to. These new numbers kind of show that the box office landscape is shifting a bit, where non-superhero films can still compete at the same level… sometimes even outperform.
It’s still early days for all these movies, so long-term performance might tell a different story. But for opening weekends at least, The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Michael just set a pretty strong tone.
