BOX OFFICE: “Devil Wears Prada 2” opens huge, “Michael” Sticks Around, “Super Mario” and “Hail Mary” still Drawing

I was overseas this past week, and I couldn’t help but notice that on every flight, the personal entertainment screens were filled with passengers watching “The Devil Wears Prada.”

Twenty years, an Anne Hathaway Oscar and a Stanley Tucci cancer scare later, the sequel owns the first weekend in May at the box office, and long may they reign. At least until a “Star Wars” or comic book or video game adaptation comes along to push them aside.

“The Devil Wears Prada 2” is on track to clear $80+ million by midnight Sunday. Reviews have been kind, if not exactly generous. But a romance for adults with lots of beloved stars (It’s OK to love Anne Hathaway again, apparently) winning a “summer” weekend at the box office and clocking over $80 million? That’s reassuring.

The critically battered and morally less defensible “Michael” cleared $50 million on its second weekend.

Both films are huge hits overseas.

“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” added another $12 million as it clears the $400 million mark, domestically.

In fourth place, “Project Hail Mary” added $8 million to its running $300 million since opening count.

A Neon horror release starring Adam Scott, “Hokum,” did $6 million on its opening weekend, good enough for the Top Five and a reminder that in today’s cinema, it’s go blockbuster or go home.

The new critically derided “Animal Farm” is in sixth — $3.3 million.

Lee Cronin attaching his name to the title of “The Mummy” only added up to a $2 million seventh place on its third weekend. It will clear $30 million by next week, and not much more than that all in.

A new distributor/new thriller release called “Deep Water” made only a $2 million splash, good enough for eighth.

Sony/Crunchyroll’s latest anime release, “That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie — Tears of the Azure Sea” didn’t clear a $million. That ungainly title didn’t help.

And the romantic thriller “The Drama” is still in the top ten, almost adding another $million as it crawls towards the $50 million mark.

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About Roger Moore

Movie Critic, formerly with McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, published in Spin Magazine, The World and now published here, Orlando Magazine, Autoweek Magazine
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