Box office heat from The Devil Wears Prada 2 expected to cool down

The summer box office has gotten off to a red hot start. Thanks to “The Devil Wears Prada 2” and “Michael,” with an assist from “Mortal Kombat II” this past weekend, the May box office has reached $405 million through May 13, the second highest record in May up to this point in the past decade.

But get ready for that hot streak to start wearing off in the second half of the month. Currently, only two films on the remainder of the May slate are projected for an opening weekend of more than $10 million: the Memorial Day weekend release “The Mandalorian & Grogu” at $80 million-plus, followed by A24’s “The Backrooms” at around $20 million the weekend after.

And this weekend isn’t going to bring a big opening weekend either. The new offerings include Focus Features’ critically acclaimed TIFF horror acquisition “Obsession,” Amazon MGM’s pulpy revenge film “Is God Is,” and Black Bear’s Guy Ritchie action film “In the Grey” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavill.

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