Leaving very little room for surprises, the release of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” has confirmed itself, right from its debut, as the best opening of this first half of 2026. Confirming the attention given to a franchise that still intrigues and entertains like few others, the sequel has even surpassed the overwhelming wave of the blockbuster “Michael” at the national box office , preparing itself to face even the most anticipated blockbusters of the season without fear.
Celebrating the grand return of the duo Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway , reprising their roles as Miranda Priestly and Andrea Sachs, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” has grossed an impressive €14 million in Italy, with 1.7 million admissions. This result is in line with the title's global success, as confirmed by its current total of $377.6 million. A significant portion of the takings, as expected, came from the US market, where the film debuted with $77 million thanks to distribution in 4,150 theaters and a per-theater average of $18,554.
Faced with such positive feedback, which has exceeded all expectations and is poised to break further records , Daniel Frigo, Country Manager of The Walt Disney Company Italy, declared: «I am truly proud and thrilled with the box office results of The Devil Wears Prada 2, which has reached over €14 million with more than 1.7 million admissions in Italy. Numbers that demonstrate how Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel have won the hearts of all Italians. Milan and Como contributed significantly to the film's sets, offering locations of extraordinary beauty and great historical and cultural value, but also enhancing the image of our country. First of all, I would like to thank the filmmakers and our international teams in the US and EMEA who made this sequel a global phenomenon».
Directed once again by David Frankel, "The Devil Wears Prada 2" tackles, twenty years after its predecessor, a topic that resonates with our times with absolute immediacy: the crisis in print publishing and the increasingly pervasive diffusion of digital information. Still at the helm of "Runaway" magazine, Miranda will be forced to find a financier to cope with the cuts that have hit the industry and prevent the company's closure. This urgency will lead her, by a twist of fate, to reunite with old acquaintances: among them her former assistant Emily Charlton, still haunted by the memory of a grueling collaboration with the editor-in-chief.
Coinciding with the film's release, celebrity stylist Leslie Fremar revealed that she was the inspiration for Emily's character, both in the film version and, even earlier, in the novels by author Lauren Weisberger, which were adapted into films. In an episode of the podcast The RunThrough, Fremar recalled the advice she gave the writer when designing the brand manager: "I told Lauren that a million girls would kill to have that job. That line is definitely mine because I truly believed it, and I knew she didn't necessarily want to be there."
Reflecting on the aftermath of the success of the novel and the first film, she added: "It was a real media exposure. Even though someone had obviously advised her to write it as a work of fiction, it was actually based on a lot of things that, you know, I'd experienced, she'd experienced... I probably wasn't very kind, and I was probably nervous because I felt like I had to do her job, too. So for me, it was really frustrating. I think she was probably sitting there writing a book and not taking the work as seriously as I did."
As with many other projects, some scenes had to be cut for “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” Among those cut from the reshoots was Conrad Ricamora , who was originally supposed to play Andy’s roommate . Despite this unfortunate decision—due primarily to the need to trim the plot from a potentially overwhelming number of supporting characters—the actor didn’t hesitate to call the experience on set “one of the best of my life.” And, without sacrificing a healthy dose of humor and good sportsmanship, he attributed his exclusion to “something about me being too sexy and attractive and having too big muscles… the story of my life.”
