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Freakier Friday just pulled a classic body swap on expectations, cruising past the $100 million worldwide mark on a mid-$40s budget and giving Disney a late-summer crowd-pleaser. After a $29 million domestic debut, the Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunion has kept its legs, climbing to roughly $113 million global as of August 24, which already puts it at more than double its reported production cost before a single Premium Video On Demand dollar kicks in.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan’s reunion has become a cultural moment, sparking waves of social media edits, fan memes, and even think-pieces about why audiences keep returning to this particular mother-daughter duo.
The responses to the film have been positive too. With a 73% of 213 critics on Rotten Tomatoes being all praise for the film and a Metacritic score of score of 60 out of 100. The film has also scored an A on an A+ to F scale on CinemaScore while being a hit among fans.
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Freakier Friday brings Disney’s beloved body-swap chaos back to the big screen, but this time with a multigenerational twist that cleverly mixes nostalgia with fresh family drama. Directed by Nisha Ganatra and penned by Jordan Weiss, the film reunites Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan while introducing a new cast of characters who turn the classic formula upside down. The result is a sequel that reimagines the original hit for today’s audiences.
Set more than two decades after the first swap, this time, Anna Coleman, played by Lindsay Lohan, is juggling motherhood, heartbreak, and a messy attempt at a second chance at love with Eric Reyes, played by Manny Jacinto, a widower whose daughter Lily isn’t exactly rolling out the welcome mat. Add in Harper, Anna’s own firecracker teen, and Tess, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, crashing in with all her unfiltered energy, and you’ve already got a recipe for generational warfare.
A fortune cookie prophecy. An earthquake that shakes more than the ground. And Vanessa Bayer’s Madame Jen, a fortune-teller. That’s all it takes for Freakier Friday to tip from quirky family comedy into full-blown multigenerational mayhem. Suddenly, it’s not just mom and daughter flipping lives, it’s grandma and a soon-to-be stepsister tossed into the swap meet too.
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What saves the film from being just slapstick chaos is the heart that sneaks in between the pratfalls. Freakier Friday isn’t afraid to laugh at the absurdity of growing up, but it also stares down grief, guilt, and the messy truth that parents don’t have it all figured out; they’re just kids pretending with bills. The comedy keeps escalating, but so does the tenderness, until the finale clicks everyone back into place with more understanding than they had before. That balance is what makes its box office win feel earned. Audiences are showing up for the reminder that empathy, however freaky, is the ultimate magic.
Freakier Friday is available in theaters.
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