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Freakier Friday Nets $12.7M Debut as Curtis Rebukes Harsh Reviews

Strong audience scores paired with a record-setting debut have sparked Curtis’s social media defense of the film.

Overview

  • Freakier Friday collected $12.7 million in North America on its opening day, roughly double the original’s debut haul.
  • It currently holds a 73% critics score and a 93–94% audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
  • Jamie Lee Curtis used Instagram to push back at a scathing Time magazine review, calling its critique “a tad harsh.”
  • Reuniting Curtis and Lohan under Nisha Ganatra’s direction, the film broadens the original’s body-swap concept to include two generations and returning cast member Chad Michael Murray.
  • The production revived Curtis’s vintage Diane von Furstenberg dress and peppered the film with Easter eggs to tap into 2000s nostalgia.