In the highly anticipated weekend box office showdown of two of the year’s most highly anticipated sequels (‘Mortal Kombat 2’ versus ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’), the Meryl Streep-led latter defeated former with quite the shocking upset.

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The fashion-forward ‘Devil Wears Prada 2‘ sewed up the weekend by earning $$and\; \$$75.8 million overseas, bringing its global total to a staggering $433.2 million.

That means it has already surpassed the entire lifetime run of the original 2006 film ($327 million) in just two weekends.

Mortal Kombat II finished second, debuting at $$and\; \$$63 million globally despite predictive tracking services initially showing it coming ahead of ‘Prada 2.’

So what happened? Expert analysts point to Mother’s Day – a holiday weekend that gave a female-centric film a clear advantage compared to ‘Kombat 2’ which skewed heavily male (73% according to reports.

In fact, the Anne Hathaway-starred flick is becoming the biggest female-driven release since ‘Barbie’ in 2023.

Fashion 1; Fighters 0.

Meanwhile, the Michael Jackson biopic Michael earned $36.5 million in its third weekend, giving it the title of top-grossing music biopic of all time in North America.

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