Mortal Kombat II pulls $5M in previews as Prada sequel hits $300M worldwide
Mortal Kombat II opens with $5M in previews. Prada sequel crosses $300M worldwide. Here's what's winning at the box office.
Sequels are printing money again. Mortal Kombat II kicked off Thursday night with $5 million in preview screenings, which feels about right for a video game follow-up that people actually wanted.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 just crossed a pretty massive threshold. The fashion dramedy cleared $100 million domestically and $300 million globally, the kind of number that makes every studio exec who greenlit a sequel feel like a genius. Not bad for a story people weren't sure could still land 20 years later.
Michael had a solid Thursday too. The film pushed past $200 million domestically, adding another notch to what's been a surprisingly strong run. It's the kind of mid-budget success that doesn't always make headlines but definitely makes accountants happy.
Billie Eilish's concert film, the one James Cameron co-directed, pulled in $2.2 million from early IMAX and preview showings. Respectable start. Concert films are hit-or-miss, though, depending on how much the general audience actually wants to watch their favorite artist on a 70-foot screen. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they really don't.
So the pattern holds. Established IP wins, sequels win, everything else scrambles for scraps. None of this is shocking, but the full weekend numbers should tell us whether any of these openings actually have legs.
