{"id":1525,"date":"2026-05-09T20:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mortal-kombat-ii-takes-out-box-office-competition-on-its-first-day-in-theaters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:35:55","slug":"mortal-kombat-ii-takes-out-box-office-competition-on-its-first-day-in-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mortal-kombat-ii-takes-out-box-office-competition-on-its-first-day-in-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Mortal Kombat II&#8217; takes out box office competition on its first day in theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127341203.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>K.O. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMortal Kombat II\u201d fought its way to the top of the box office on its opening day.<\/p>\n<p>The fantasy film, a sequel to\u00a0the 2021 original, raked in $17 million Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Box Office Mojo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Post called the film \u2014 the fourth installment in the franchise based on the popular video game \u2014 \u201can onscreen bucket of slop\u201d and \u201ca migraine of nonstop fights and idiot characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Adeline Rudolph plays Princess Kitana in \u201cMortal Kombat II.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Warner Bros. Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, it still managed to step right over \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2,\u201d which moved down a notch to second, with $9.8 million in sales on its second Friday in theaters.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The sequel to the 2006 comedy \u2014 in which stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt all <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/devil-wears-prada-2-salaries-meryl-streep-hathaway-pay-1236741185\/\">reportedly earned $12.5 million<\/a> to reprise their roles \u2014 enjoyed the third-best domestic debut of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In third was the Michael Jackson biopic, \u201cMichael,\u201d which earned $8.8 million on its third Friday in theaters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway each got paid $12.5 million to reprise their roles in \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film has made history as the second music biopic to surpass the $500 million mark globally after \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d based on the life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/michael-2026-movie-box-office-500-million-global-milestone\/\">as per Screen Rant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBillie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft \u2013 The Tour Live in 3D,\u201d a concert film featuring performances from the singer\u2019s 2025 tour, took fourth with a $4.5 million haul.<\/p>\n<p>Eilish revealed that the idea for the concert film came from its co-director James Cameron, who \u201cwrote an email to my mom because his wife is friends with my mom, or they had worked together,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/james-cameron-emailed-billie-eilish-mom-pitch-insane-idea-3d-concert-movie-exclusive-11969933\">she told People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cMichael\u201d is the second music biopic to surpass the $500 million mark globally. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe literally had the full idea already. He was like, \u2018Why hasn\u2019t anybody filmed Billie\u2019s concert in 3D? Can we? Can I?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fifth place was \u201cThe Sheep Detectives,\u201d which took home just over $4 million in revenue. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/07\/entertainment\/the-sheep-detectives-review-a-killer-is-on-the-lamb-in-cute-animal-mystery-movie\/\">The Post<\/a> praised the film, starring Hugh Jackman, as a \u201ccute animal mystery movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/09\/entertainment\/mortal-kombat-ii-takes-out-box-office-competition-on-its-first-day-in-theaters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K.O. \u201cMortal Kombat II\u201d fought its way to the top of the box office on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127341203.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}