Prada 2 Tops Mortal Kombat II For Mother's Day Box Office Crown
SkimNews Take
Despite their disparate genres and target demographics, both sequels demonstrate comparable, sustained appeal beyond opening weekend, suggesting diverse audiences are equally drawn to established intellectual property.
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- Devil Wears Prada 2 won Saturday with $14.9M, positioning the sequel to take the Mother's Day weekend crown with an estimated $41M in its second frame and a 47% drop—nearly matching the 2006 original's 46% hold—and a running domestic cume of $142.8M.
- Mortal Kombat II opened to $40M-$42M with a $17M Friday, plus $8.9M from 30,000 international screens for a $25.9M global cume, earning a B CinemaScore (below the 2021 film's B+) but a strong 72% PostTrak definite recommend.
- Michael posted a third weekend of $36.5M, pushing its domestic cume to $240.4M—surpassing Bohemian Rhapsody's $216.6M domestic total—with a global cume expected to top $570M.
- The Sheep Detectives opened to $14.8M with an A- CinemaScore and 75% PostTrak definite recommend, landing on par with 2005's Nanny McPhee opening ($14.5M) and ahead of 2024's Paddington in Peru ($12.7M).
- Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard & Soft opened to $7.4M-$8M with the weekend's only solid A CinemaScore and an 88% definite recommend, though the source notes the concert film was hampered by limited Imax and PLF screen availability during summer primetime.
- The total weekend is shaping up to $161M, up 92% over last year, with the source explicitly arguing the industry should treat Mother's Day the way Disney treats Father's Day—programming female-skewing titles in advance rather than treating the holiday as an afterthought.
Why it matters: The Mother's Day weekend hit $161M, up 92% year-over-year, powered by four female-skewing titles sharing the audience rather than cannibalizing each other. Devil Wears Prada 2's 47% second-weekend drop (matching the original's 46% hold) is the standout: the source argues this proves distributors should commit to programming Mother's Day the way Disney programs Father's Day.
