Freakier Friday has hit a serious world milestone. The Disney legacy sequel reunites Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, who starred within the 2003 physique swap comedy Freaky Friday as mom and daughter Tess and Anna Coleman. The solid of the brand new installment additionally consists of Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Vanessa Bayer, Mark Harmon and Chad Michael Murray.

The Freakier Friday launch kicked off on August 8. Whereas it was projected to be in a neck-and-neck race with the brand new Zach Cregger horror film Weapons, it fell behind, hitting No. 2 with a projected 3-day home gross of $29 million. In the meantime, the horror title zoomed previous it to soak up $42 million on the home field workplace.

Per Deadline, as of Sunday morning, Freakier Friday is projected to finish its opening weekend with a world gross of $45 million due to an extra $16 million coming from worldwide markets. This makes the comedy sequel the forty first film of the yr to move the $45 million world milestone.

Extra importantly, this world gross precisely matches the reported $45 million manufacturing price range of Freakier Friday, that means that the film has taken simply three days to earn its price range again in theaters.

What This Means For Freakier Friday

Whereas 2025’s Freakier Friday has already made its price range again, it probably nonetheless has a solution to go earlier than it is within the black. Whereas its actual break-even level is unknown, motion pictures typically have to earn again two and a half instances their manufacturing budgets, which may place the brand new film’s estimated break-even level as excessive as $105 million.

Nonetheless, Freakier Friday is in a very good place to hit that benchmark. The unique 2003 film solely had a home debut of $22.2 million, however it will definitely legged out to a world complete of $160.8 million. If the sequel follows in its footsteps, it may doubtlessly earn $210 million worldwide by the tip of its theatrical run.

Our Take On The World Debut Of Freakier Friday

If it does gross greater than $200 million, it may doubtlessly make sufficient to earn a greenlight for a 3rd installment that includes Curtis and Lohan. Whereas the Freakier Friday ending would not essentially arrange a sequel, the door is open for extra adventures, and a haul above the unique’s gross may result in a a lot faster turnaround on one other sequel.

Nonetheless, a sequel to Freakier Friday could search to keep away from diminishing returns by lowering its price range to one thing nearer to the unique film’s reported $26 million. This may give the third film room to drop whereas nonetheless having a strong return on funding.

Signal Up

Freakier Friday

8/10

Launch Date

August 7, 2025

Director

Nisha Ganatra

Writers

Mary Rodgers, Jordan Weiss

Prequel(s)

Freaky Friday