Overview

• Jamie Lee Curtis responded on Instagram to a Time Magazine review calling it “a tad harsh” while noting that many viewers love the sequel.
• Freakier Friday earned $12.7 million on its opening day and $29 million over its first North American weekend, driving a $44.5 million worldwide debut that roughly matches its production budget.
• Critics have rated the film at 73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, while general audiences awarded it a 93 percent score and CinemaScore graded it A.
• The sequel leans heavily into nostalgia with callbacks like Curtis’s original Diane von Furstenberg dress and Lohan’s red guitar, and updates its magic from a fortune cookie to a more inclusive psychic spell.
• Curtis served as a producer and lobbied Disney executives—personally reaching out to CEO Bob Iger—to greenlight the project when Lindsay Lohan’s character could credibly be a mother, marking Lohan’s theatrical comeback.