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How ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Made Men Irrelevant
May 5, 2026
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/20th Century StudiosThe Devil Wears Prada 2 catwalked into theaters this weekend and was number one at the box office, bringing in 77 million domestically and 233 million worldwide during its first weekend, despite mixed reviews—including from the Daily Beast’s Obsessed. The sequel, released 20 years after the original film, is geared towards women, who accounted for 75 percent of its ticket sales.
The film knows its audience and, with the sequel, painted a designer-clad picture of a world where men are no longer needed. As the great Laura Dern said in the greatest movie of all time, Jurassic Park, “Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the earth.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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