‘Mean Girls’ Musical Dominates Box Office – The Hollywood Reporter

Busy Philipps plays Mrs. George in Paramount Pictures’ Mean Girls.

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I mean girls It should do well in its box office debut.

Paramount’s adaptation of the Broadway musical, which in turn was based on the 2004 big-screen teen comedy, is expected to gross as much as $30 million during the Martin Luther King Jr. long weekend.

This would make a great start for a studio film that cost a relatively modest $36 million to produce before marketing, let alone a musical, a genre that has become an endangered species (Wonka aside).

The musical hits the big screen 20 years after the Lindsay Lohan-led classic I mean girlsDirected by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey. Fey returned to write the script for the new film, which stars Angourie Rice, Rene Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Bebe Wood, and Chris Breeny. Fey and Tim Meadows also reprise their roles from the 2004 film.

Female-Fed Movies – Look no further Barbie or Anyone but you — has been doing impressive business at the box office, and I mean girls Hopefully the latest example. Younger females in particular are known to be repeat viewers, just as fans are.

the original I mean girls It has an 84 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes; The film currently has a new rating of 74 percent from its first 53 reviews.

I mean girls It’s hardly the only new title in the crowded MLK holiday marquee. Amazon/MGM beekeeperthe latest action picture starring Jason Statham, hopes to serve as counter-programming for men and is expected to open in the mid-to-teens.

Mythological pictures and scripted satirical dramas from Sony Clarence book, is tracking to open in the single digits, despite a star-studded cast that includes Lakeith Stanfield, RJ Sellers, Omar Sy, Alfre Woodard, David Oyelowo and James McAvoy. James Samuel is directing the Jesus period film, with Jay-Z producing.

Disney and Pixar are also in the mix this weekend spirit To the big screen for the first time. It’s the first of three Pixar films that premiered exclusively on Disney+ during the pandemic that are now being shown in theaters as a way to make sure exhibitors have enough product as the content pipeline slows in the wake of historic labor strikes in Hollywood. It’s also an opportunity to promote the trailer for Pixar’s 2024 summer blockbuster Inside out 2.

There wasn’t a big marketing campaign for spiritTheatrical release, the film will still be available on Disney+. It turns red It hits theaters on February 9, followed by… Luca On March 22nd.

As the awards race heats up, Amazon and MGM are pulling double duty this weekend when expanding director Cord Jefferson’s oeuvre American fantasy In nearly 600 theaters. The critically acclaimed film is based on Percival Everett’s satirical novel Erase, stars Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated author facing the black artist’s dilemma. Co-starring Sterling K. Brown, Leslie Uggams, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, and Adam Brody.