‘Mortal Kombat II’ Opens in Second Place at the Box Office

(L to R) Ludi Lin as “Liu Kang”, Karl Urban as “Johnny Cage”, Jessica McNamee as “Sonya Blade”, and Mehcad Brooks as “Jax” in New Line Cinema’s 'Mortal Kombat 2,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2026 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved.

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‘Mortal Kombat II’ earned $40 million in its box office debut.
But it opened second behind ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’.
‘The Sheep Detectives’ landed fourth.

It was the battle of the sequels at the box office this Mother’s Day weekend, and ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ came out the winner.

While new release ‘Mortal Kombat II’ topped Friday, it ultimately made $40 million for second place behind ‘Prada’s $43 million.

Mortal Kombat II

"Their fight. Our future."

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Release May 8, 2026Runtime 1h 56mBudget $80M

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Globally, the ‘Prada’ sequel is now at $433 million, while ‘Mortal Kombat II’ debuted softly internationally with $23 million for a $63 million worldwide total.

What else happened at the box office this weekend?

Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in 'Michael'. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson.

Behind the top two, successful Michael Jackson biopic ‘Michael’ fell to third place, but is earning well, reaching $240.4 million in North America and a massive $577 million globally. It’s now the highest-earning music biopic in the country.

What about other new releases?

(L to R) Julia-Louis Dreyfus as the voice of Lily and Hugh Jackman as George Hardy in 'The Sheep Detectives', from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios. © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Cozy mystery ‘The Sheep Detectives’, which features Hugh Jackman and an all-star voice cast, arrived in fourth with a better-than-expected $15.9 million.

And ‘Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)’, directed by the singer and James Cameron, opened to $7.5 million, slightly below expectations. It was bigger than projected at the international box office with $12.6 million for a global start of $20 million.