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Amanda Seyfried Claims Paramount Owes Her Royalties from Mean Girls Merchandise

Her remarks highlight ongoing contractual disputes over revenue from the film’s enduring merchandise decades after its 2004 release.

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Karen looks shocked in Mean Girls

Overview

  • In a June 9 Variety Actors on Actors segment, Amanda Seyfried said she loves seeing her face on Mean Girls T-shirts but remains “a little resentful” that Paramount owes her royalties for her likeness.
  • Seyfried questioned whether her teenage contract left her ineligible for merch payments, noting that every store continues to sell T-shirts with her and co-stars’ photographs.
  • Her comments have drawn attention to Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert also lacking residuals from the franchise’s booming merchandise sales.
  • Paramount Pictures has not publicly addressed repeated inquiries about these alleged unpaid royalties.
  • Similar concerns have emerged from Rosalind Wiseman, whose book rights deal included profit-sharing provisions she says Paramount has not honored.