Freakier Friday Soars Past Production Budget in Record Time!

FREAKY FRIDAY 2 SHOCKS BOX OFFICE WITH RECORD-BREAKING OPENING!

The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved classic, Freaky Friday, has officially left us all shook! The film, which brings back Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in their iconic roles as mother-daughter duo Tess and Anna Coleman, has earned a whopping $45 million worldwide - matching its reported production budget of $45 million!

But here's the tea: industry analysts are saying that this is just the beginning. For a film to truly turn a profit, it needs to gross around 2.5 times its production budget, which would put Freaky Friday 2's estimated break-even point at a staggering $112.5 million! That means our favorite mother-daughter duo has got a long way to go before they can start raking in the real dough.

Despite opening at number two in the US behind Zach Cregger's horror thriller Weapons, which took in a respectable $42 million domestically over the August 8 weekend, Freaky Friday 2 is already showing signs of being a major player. In fact, its strong international turnout has boosted its global total to a whopping $45 million, with $16 million coming from overseas markets.

But how did we get here? Well, let's just say that Jamie Lee Curtis was more than ready for the sequel. "The truth is that Lindsay had to be old enough to have a 15-year-old daughter," she revealed on The One Show, "People would ask me about the movie over and over again... And finally someone in Australia said, 'well she is' and I was like 'what do you mean?'" It seems Jamie Lee was just waiting for the right moment to reunite with her on-screen daughter.

And now that we have our answer, let's dive into the juicy details of the new film. In Freaky Friday 2, Anna (Lohan) is preparing to tie the knot with Eric Davies (Manny Jacinto), but things are about to get a whole lot more complicated when she discovers that her teenage daughter Harper (Julia Butters) despises Eric's teenager Lily (Sophia Hammons). The two girls engage in a hilarious mock wedding vow ceremony, with Harper branding Lily as "a little demon thing with an obnoxious accent."

But just as things can't get any crazier, a fortune teller (Vanessa Bayer) warns the family that they may learn another lesson by 'walking in each other’s paths'. And boy, does she deliver! In a freaky body swap incident, Anna finds herself trapped in her daughter's body, while Tess Coleman is now inhabiting Lily's. Cue quadruple chaos!

As the foursome tries to navigate their new roles with just days to go until the wedding, Chad Michael Murray returns as Jake, who helps the two teenage girls hatch a plot to reunite Anna with her first love amidst all the wedding chaos.

But Freaky Friday 2 isn't the only game in town. Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps fell about 60 percent in its second weekend to $15.5 million domestically, bringing its North American total to $240.3 million and its worldwide total to a whopping $434.2 million.

Meanwhile, Universal and DreamWorks Animation's Bad Guys 2 dropped 53% in its sophomore frame to $10.4 million, bringing its 10-day domestic total to $43.4 million. And Paramount's Naked Gun held steady with a 50% decline, earning $8.4 million in its second weekend for a domestic total of $33 million.

But what about the real winners? The box office numbers are in, and it seems that new releases like Weapons and Bad Guys 2 are dominating the market. According to Box Office Mojo, Weapons earned an impressive $27.5 million from 72 international territories, bringing its worldwide debut to a staggering $70 million!

As for Freaky Friday 2, we're rooting for you! With these kinds of numbers, it's clear that this sequel is going to be one wild ride.