{"id":492,"date":"2026-05-19T22:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shopattheponds.com.au\/news\/michael-dethrones-the-devil-wears-prada-2-to-reclaim-no-1-at-the-us-box-office\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:06:50","slug":"michael-dethrones-the-devil-wears-prada-2-to-reclaim-no-1-at-the-us-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shopattheponds.com.au\/news\/michael-dethrones-the-devil-wears-prada-2-to-reclaim-no-1-at-the-us-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Dethrones The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Reclaim No. 1 at the US Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blob js-post-images-container\">\n<p>The initial run of &#8216;Michael&#8217; at the box office lasted barely a week, as it was quickly overtaken by another tremendous phenomenon like &#8216;The Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217; (&#8216;The Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217;). However, the film starring <strong>Jaafar Jackson<\/strong> has just made history by dethroning the comedy with <strong>Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep<\/strong> to reclaim the No. 1 spot at the U.S. box office.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad-lat\">\n<div class=\"ad-box\" id=\"div-gpt-lat\">\n  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Throughout this week it had become clear that &#8216;Michael&#8217; was surpassing &#8216;The Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217; on several days, but it was this weekend when <strong>the final confirmation arrived<\/strong>, as estimates suggest it pulled in $27 million, while its main rival is set to stay at around $20 million.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><\/p>\n<h2>The Incredible Success of &#8216;Michael&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-video article-asset-large article-asset-center\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The key lies in the fact that &#8216;Michael&#8217; <strong>has been holding up marvelously in the weeks since its debut<\/strong>, to the point where forecasts indicate his U.S. weekend earnings will barely drop by about 29% compared to seven days ago. By contrast, the drop for &#8216;The Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217; is more pronounced and reaches as much as 52%.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 -->  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad-out\">\n<div style=\"display:none;\" class=\"Content_3\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<\/div>\n<p>First of all, this makes clear that <strong>&#8216;The Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217; is not going to surpass the final gross of &#8216;Michael&#8217;<\/strong>. At first it seemed that it might, but the current trend confirms that the King of Pop&#8217;s biopic will come out on top when both life stories in cinemas come to an end.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>For now, &#8216;Michael&#8217; has already reached $283 million in North American theaters, while worldwide it has surpassed the $350 million mark. The big question now is what its ceiling might be, since <strong>$700 million is increasingly within reach and it&#8217;s not impossible to imagine reaching $800<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<p>On Espinof | The 22 Best Biographical Films in the History of Cinema<\/p>\n<p>On Espinof | Audiences judge &#8216;The Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217; and claim that the Meryl Streep-led film is far better than the first. But its director has one that surpasses them both<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad-lat2\">\n<div class=\"ad-box\" id=\"div-gpt-lat2\">\n  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Dethrones The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Reclaim No. 1 at the US Box Office - The Ponds | Shopping Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shopattheponds.com.au\/news\/michael-dethrones-the-devil-wears-prada-2-to-reclaim-no-1-at-the-us-box-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Dethrones The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Reclaim No. 1 at the US Box Office - 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