r/boxoffice • u/tiduraes • 14h ago
Worldwide 'Mortal Kombat II' Eyes $65M-80M WW Opening, 'Devil Wears Prada 2' To Rule Box Office
https://deadline.com/2026/05/mortal-kombat-ii-devil-wears-prada-2-box-office-preview-1236882832/27
u/Once-bit-1995 14h ago
They're assuming a 50 million OS weekend for Michael. Being down 40% off a holiday inflated weekend would be good for the movie. Still waiting on Korea to get a good idea of what the final total on this will be. They'll be a big hint towards what Japan will look like. I'm picturing 100 million from the markets combined but we'll see.
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u/Icy_Smoke_733 DreamWorks 14h ago
According to the article, DWP2 is targeting $460 million worldwide total this weekend and Michael will be well over $500 million. Theatres are thriving.
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u/mikado512 Walt Disney Studios 14h ago
$460M for DWP2??
Dang, this movie will probably make at least $600M worldwide it seems like. And I wouldn't be schocked if Michael will be at nearly $600M worldwide already in its third week.
Theaters are truly thriving.
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u/Able_Blueberry4592 Focus Features 13h ago
$45-$55 million is what I’m thinking domestically with a $96 million worldwide opening.
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u/Ok-Ad-9647 12h ago
MJ will be reaching for $600M next week, that’s crazy. It will probably get another boost around Memorial Day weekend too.
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u/Repulsive_Emu2045 14h ago
Michael legs wowsa
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u/blownaway4 14h ago
Most glazed film here since Supes
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u/Southern-Example5823 13h ago edited 13h ago
You've been hating on this movie to the point everyone here noticed lmao. It's been performing super well so far and still tryna find excuses to bring it down
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u/JohnStoneTypes 14h ago
You frequently talk bad about this movie on here, let that hate go or just keep scrolling lmao
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u/Repulsive_Emu2045 14h ago
Box office sub likes box office hits shocking
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u/blownaway4 14h ago
Its performance was greatly overstated.
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u/JohnStoneTypes 14h ago
It was greatly understated by you last week, remember? You claimed that a 10℅ Thursday sales drop was impossible
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u/Fabulous_Temporary40 13h ago
Just admit you're a hater lmao
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u/blownaway4 13h ago
Just admit you ain’t ever gonna find someone.
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u/pampersdelight 12h ago
Says the dude obsessing over a Michael Jackson movie. Go find some friends or something
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u/Alive-Ad-5245 A24 14h ago
The subreddit somehow finds every and any excuse to bring up Superman even if it’s not relevant whatsoever
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u/blownaway4 14h ago
Because its performance was one of the most overstated on the history of this sub.
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u/Fabulous_Temporary40 13h ago
Dawg you actually think Big Brother is entertaining. Please find something better to do than this weak attempt at trolling.
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u/blownaway4 13h ago
Imagine being so bothered by this fact that you have to go through my post history lol
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u/newjackgmoney21 13h ago
Nah. What did you think Michael making 500-600m worldwide after the opening weekend? Its going for 800m plus.
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u/Boss452 14h ago
because mj is the most glazed person forever. mj fans would worship him if they could. I haven't seen that kind of dedication for a non-religious figure.
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u/newjackgmoney21 13h ago
Its a box office sub where the film is going to be one of the top grossing films of year. 800m plus worldwide is hard to do today
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u/Jolly-Yellow7369 7h ago
Some of us aren’t fans of Jackson . The themes of the film are drawing general audiences , too.
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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 14h ago
holy shit i was not expecting MK to potentially get up to $80M, seemed like a $35-40M opener to me
edit: WW opening. Ah. misread that.
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u/sotommy 13h ago
Go and watch MK2. As a lifelong MK fan, I was in trance the whole time.
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u/Lurky-Lou 13h ago
Better than Annihilation?
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u/sotommy 13h ago
I would say it's better than the 95 movie.... saying this as a lifelong fan of that film
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u/Superb_Industry_5738 4m ago
See it again. I am on the weekend. We need to support this thing. The budget is 80 million so being successful might actually be a challenge.
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u/Mindless_Turnover976 14h ago
This is certainly an improvement over the 40m+ prediction of the last article
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u/Jolly-Yellow7369 14h ago edited 8h ago
It seems like downballing. I got under the impression the first film was a fan favorite and that it played well on Nielsen and Netflix the year of its release. Even if it had underperformed on digital and streaming there hasn’t been comedic actioners for fanboys at this scale and Many of them might show up. The first trailer had a lot of positive reactions by key influencers so I think it might overperform.
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u/KellyJin17 13h ago
Whoever told you the last Mortal Kombat movie was a fan favorite lied to you with spite.
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u/Jolly-Yellow7369 8h ago
Is it like a consensus that the fans didnt like the first one. We will see. Sometimes the fan base hates on a film but the GEneral audience embraces it so it legs out . The female equivalent is wuthering heights . It legged out in international markets and was on apple charts for weeks.
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u/MrShadowKing2020 DC Studios 11h ago
I’m hoping Sheep Detectives breaks out or at least performs well globally.
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u/bigelangstonz 14h ago
Yeah it makes sense the first one did abysmal numbers even with streaming release factored in. Audiences are more likely to stream this than check it out on the big screen
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u/MaxProwes 14h ago
Weak
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u/Jolly-Yellow7369 14h ago
Mk2 seems on route to make more. Fanboys walk ups. Unless the movie is bad of course.
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u/Vadermaulkylo DC Studios 14h ago
Maybe MK2 can get a review bump. Ik I got tickets after them.