| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | May 1-3 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 (US) | Disney | £9.3m | £12.2m | 1 |
| 2 | Michael (US) |
Universal | £7m | £25.8m | 2 |
| 3 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (US) | Universal | £961,096 | £36.3m | 5 |
| 4 | Project Hail Mary (US) | Sony | £580,160 | £33.2m | 7 |
| 5 | Hokum (US-Ire) | Black Bear | £568,100 | £789,000 | 1 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.35
The Devil Wears Prada 2 scored a strong £9.3m opening weekend at the UK-Ireland box office and has brought in 85% of the first film’s total already.
The Disney sequel took an excellent £12,785 average from 729 cinemas. It is the second-biggest opening of 2026, less than £100,000 behind the £9.4m of last month’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie; and will increase slightly with final figures still to come in.
Including preview screenings and the Monday Bank Holiday, the film has £12.2m already banked – almost 86% of the first film’s total. It will pass the £14.2m of 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada ahead of next weekend; and has already topped the totals of films including Pretty Woman (a lower £12.2m), Cats (£12m), The Proposal (£11.9m) and Anyone But You (£11.7m).
It marks a great start for Disney, with the film now looking to pass the £35m mark across its run.
Despite falling from the number one spot on its second weekend, it was still good news for Universal’s Michael. The music biopic fell just 18% on its second session – a better performance than its North American drop, although slightly off its 16% international hold.
It added just over £7m on its second session; including Monday it is up to £25.8m, passing the total of Rocketman (£23.5m) and set to overtake Elvis (£27.8m) before the weekend.
The top two films dominated the chart, with no other title taking over £1m. In third was Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which dropped just 13% on its fifth weekend with £961,096. It is up to £36.3m, overtaking animated comparisons including Ice Age III (£35.2m) and Up (£34.8m).
Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary continued its strong box office run through a seventh weekend, with £580,160 – a 31% drop that brought it to £33.2m, ahead of Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (£33m) and Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (£32.9m).
Black Bear horror Hokum made it two new titles in this weekend’s top five, with a £568,100 opening weekend, from 455 sites at a £1,249 average. The film is up to £789,000 in total.
Takings for the top five titles soared 64%, to a sizeable £18.4m – the biggest weekend of the year to date, ahead of Mario Galaxy’s opening weekend last month. The figures are also up 75% on the equivalent weekend from last year, forming more good news for cinemas after April was up on 2025. The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Michael will continue to dominate cinemas next weekend; with Warner Bros’ Mortal Kombat II and Sony comedy The Sheep Detectives looking to find space.
More to follow.
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