'Devil Wears Prada' Sequel Dominates Box Office with $77M Opening

Nearly two decades after a story about ambition and the seduction of power became a cultural touchstone, its sequel arrived this weekend and claimed the top of the box office with $77 million — a figure that speaks less to nostalgia than to something more enduring. The world of fashion, with its hierarchies and hungers, continues to serve as a mirror in which audiences recognize their own workplaces, their own compromises, and their own desires. That a film about climbing can still draw such crowds suggests the questions it asks have not yet been answered.