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\n\tBehold, summer is officially here with two movies that are slaying around the globe. 20th Century Studios\/Disney\u2019s opener this weekend The Devil Wears Prada 2 <\/strong><\/em>currently counts $114.6M <\/strong>global through yesterday. Remember, we said the pic could open to $180M WW by tomorrow. <\/p>\n \n\tOf that, international is $82.1M <\/strong>so far from 51 markets while North America has delivered $32.5M<\/strong> through yesterday, plus previews. Friday\u2019s overseas total was $27.5M<\/strong> alone. Keep in mind it was Labor Day for most in Europe and Latin America. The David Frankel-directed sequel is No. 1 in nearly all global markets except for Netherlands, South Africa, Bolivia and Ecuador. Japan opened to No. 1 yesterday which also doubled as the highest MPA opening day YTD. The sequel had the second highest opening day YTD in India (Disney didn\u2019t provide gross figures yet for the latter two territories).<\/p>\n \n\tPer Disney, the sequel posted the highest opening day YTD in <\/strong>Brazil, Italy, Japan (non-local), Korea and Australia as well as Belgium, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, New Zealand, Taiwan and the Philippines.<\/p>\n \n\tItaly is leading in terms of the sequel\u2019s offshore territories with $9.7M. The pic reps 78% of the weekend\u2019s marketshare with its opening also Disney\u2019s 5th highest of all-time in the country. <\/p>\n \n\tBrazil counts $6.6M where the movie is commanding 72% marketshare. <\/p>\n \n\tMexico with $6.3M so far repped the second highest opening day YTD on Thursday. <\/p>\n \n\tGermany with $4.9M to date is commanding 50% of the weekend\u2019s marketshare. <\/p>\n \n\tChina stands at $4.9M since opening on Thursday, still in the No. 1 spot. Pic\u2019s first day that was 55% ahead of Michael<\/em>\u2018s last weekend. Pic is commanding a 62% marketshare. <\/p>\n \n\tFrance counts a $4.6M running total. Pic\u2019s Wednesday was the third highest opening day YTD.<\/p>\n \n\tThe UK opened on Friday with $4M and saw the second-highest opening day of 2026 with a strong 57% marketshare. Poland and Turkey also posted the highest opening days of the year. <\/p>\n \n\tAustralia stands at $4.5M with 62% marketshare. Pic\u2019s Thursday opening was the highest YTD. <\/p>\n \n\tKorea has $2.8M in the bank so far. The sequel opened there on Wednesday where it posted, yes, the highest so far YTD. Social scores are strong with Naver 9.43 and CGV at 93%. <\/p>\n \n\tSpain has $2.5M and counting. Pic\u2019s Thursday opening day repped the third highest so far this year. <\/p>\n \n\tWe told you yesterday that Lionsgate\u2019s Michael <\/strong><\/em>became the second-highest grossing musical biopic of all-time at $300M, surpassing Elvis <\/em>and behind Bohemian Rhapsody <\/em>($911M). By the end of this weekend though it will boogey higher with a running foreign cume of $232.5M <\/strong>through Sunday plus another $180.8M <\/strong>from North American for a grand running worldwide cume of $413.3M<\/strong>. Universal, as we told you, is releasing the biopic overseas sans Japan which gets released later by Kino and Lionsgate. <\/p>\n \n\tWe\u2019ll have more updates for you tomorrow. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n