The Devil Wears Prada Sequel Set to Dominate Summer Box Office

0:00It's April 29th. This is Entertainment in Celebrity News today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is set to dominate the summer box office kickoff, with projections hitting $75 to $80 million. Domestically this weekend, Merrill Street returns as the fierce Miranda Priestly, and Hathaway as her old assistant Andy Sachs, plus Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci back in the quote, mix. This sequel picks up as Runway magazine struggles in the digital world, some Miranda pulls Andy out of retirement to help save it, roping in Emily, who's now running her own luxury brand. Directed by David Frankl, same as the original from 2006, it also stars Kenneth Branagh, Justin Thoreau, Lucy Liu, Simone Ashley, and BJ Novak. Fans are buzzing hard, and is dropping in over 4,100 North American theaters, starting Thursday previews, and Wide Friday release. Box office experts at Variety and Deadline see it pulling 73 to 80 million stateside,

1:04while Box office pro goes higher at 82, 95 million. Overseas, it's eyeing 100 million, pushing global totals past 180 million right out the gate. Meanwhile, the Michael Jackson biopic, Michael is holding strong into its second weekend, forecasted at 45 to 50 million domestically after, shocking everyone with 97 million on opening, that unexpected debut grabbed 217 million worldwide, way above the 65 to 70 million predictions, proving star power. From Jafar Jackson, as the King of Pop still packs theaters.