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🇮🇹 Italian box office Tuesday May 12
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>The Devil Wears Prada 2 remains firmly at the top of the charts: on its third Tuesday, the comedy grossed €598,327 with 78,388 admissions. The film grew 12% compared to Monday but fell 53% compared to a week ago. Its average gross remains very high, at €1,104 in 542 theaters. Overall, the film grossed €25,781,552 and attracted 3,213,132 admissions.
>Michael is holding strong in second place , grossing €330,286 with 43,449 admissions. The musical biopic is up 15% from Monday and down only 29% from last Tuesday, confirming its particularly solid performance. Its average gross is €781 in 423 theaters, while the total gross is €18,720,156 and 2,313,061 admissions.
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variety.comThe summer box office is off to a hot start as weekend ticket sales top $160 million
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#KEY POINTS:
🔵The domestic box office generated $161.2 million over the weekend, a nearly 88% jump from the same period in 2025.
🔵So far, ticket sales for the year have totaled $3.02 billion, a 16% jump from last year.
🔵Still to come is a slew of blockbuster titles including: "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu," "Toy Story 5," "Supergirl," "Moana," "The Odyssey" and "Spider-Man: Brand New Day."
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🔵 Well Go USA set to release the martial arts sequel in North America on July 14.
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variety.comA KNIGHT'S TALE open 25 years ago this week. The medieval action comedy film was written, co-produced and directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Heath Ledger. It grossed $117.5 million against 65 million budget.
BRIDESMAIDS open 15 years ago this week. Directed by Paul Feig, the $32.5 million comedy grossed $290 million and generated $95 million revenues from blu-ray and DVD sales in the US. It received Oscar nominations for Best Actress (McCarthy) and Best Original Screenplay (Wiig and Mumolo).
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slashfilm.comMother’s Day weekend delivers record box office for Australian cinemas
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variety.comKorea Box Office: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Ascends to No. 1 in Competitive Second Weekend
variety.comThe Devil Wears Prada 2 remained the No. 1 film in Australia in its second weekend, adding $8.46M. 🐨Michael held the No. 2 spot in its third weekend with $5.43M. 🦘Mortal Kombat II debuted at No. 3 with $2.17M
🇮🇹 Italian box office Saturday May 9: The Devil Wears Prada 2 Surpasses 💶22 Million
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>The Devil Wears Prada 2 , as we were saying, remains at the top: on its second Saturday, the comedy nearly grossed €1.84 million, with 221,981 admissions. The film grew by 23% compared to Friday but fell by 42% compared to the extraordinary Saturday over the bank holiday weekend.
>Despite this, it is also achieving impressive numbers in its second weekend of release, averaging €2,530 in 727 theaters. Overall, it has surpassed €22 million and 2.7 million tickets sold, confirming itself as one of the biggest successes in recent years on the Italian market, now clearly ahead of Barbie.