according to IMDB’s Box OfficeLast Saturday, the film’s star, Reneé Rapp, performed on “Saturday Night Live” as its musical guest, and was introduced by Rachel McAdams, who starred in the original “Mean Girls,” released in 2004.“The Beekeeper,” remained in second place, with earnings of just over $1.8 million.Due to the success of the action thriller, its director, David Ayer, and star, Jason Statham, have decided to collaborate once again on for “Levon’s Trade,” based on comic author Chuck Dixon’s first novel, according to Deadline.The rom-com “Anyone But You” which debuted in December, is still melting hearts, and remained in third this week, raking in $1.5 million. This weekend, the film is slated to surpass the $70 million mark in domestic earnings.
Why Paramount Didn’t Market ‘Mean Girls’ as a Musical: ‘People Tend to Treat’ Them ‘Differently’
15.01.2024 - 16:53 / variety.com
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter You’d be forgiven if you thought butter was a carb, just like it’s totally understandable if you didn’t know the new “Mean Girls” is a musical. Paramount, which released the movie over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, chose not to explicitly market it as a song-and-dance spectacle, according to the studio’s president of global marketing Marc Weinstock.
“To start off saying musical, musical, musical, you have the potential to turn off audiences,” he says. “I want everyone to be equally excited.” The PG-13 film triumphed in its box office debut with $33 million over the four-day weekend. But despite the cultural prominence of Tina Fey’s 2004 comedy, which propelled Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried to stardom, Weinstock’s job – selling the masses on (and clearing up any confusion about) “Mean Girls” – was trickier than trying to make fetch happen.
The story is the same, following Cady Heron as she moves to Illinois from Africa and navigates the lawless jungle of high school. But this rendition – adapted from the Broadway show – has singing and dancing. It isn’t a remake or sequel, and there are new actors (“Sex Lives of College Girls” star Reneé Rapp and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” actor Angourie Rice led the cast) embodying the Plastics.
“This is a movie within the ‘Mean Girls’ world,” Weinstock says. “We didn’t want to distill it down to one thing, because it’s not one thing.” Where do you start with marketing such a familiar property? There are two audiences: the audience that grew up with “Mean Girls,” and the audience that didn’t. On “Mean Girls” Day, which is Oct.
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Watch Megan Thee Stallion and Renée Rapp perform ‘Mean Girls’ song ‘Not My Fault’ on ‘SNL’
Renée Rapp and Megan Thee Stallion performed their collaborative song from the new Mean Girls reboot live on Saturday Night Live this weekend (January 20) – check out the moment below.Rapp reprised her Broadway role as Regina George in the new Mean Girls reboot-musical and last night appeared on the long-running comedy show to perform the song with Stallion from the film, ‘Not My Fault’.Stallion took to the stage with Rap later in the evening; before that, Rapp performed ‘Snow Angel‘ – the title track from her 2023 debut album.Stallion later appeared half-way through the song as a surprise guest. Before that, another surprise appearance came when Rap was introduced by Rachel McAdams who played Regina in the original outing of the Mean Girls movie.Check out the moment here:The new Mean Girls movie has been described as a “lively musical update” by critics, although reviews have generally been mixed.In a four-star review of the film, Empire described it as “sharp, funny and strongest when it stands on its own two perfectly manicured feet,” adding: “This snappy musical successfully updates the original Mean Girls template for a fresh audience.”The Hollywood Reporter meanwhile described the “regurgitated musical” as a “tuneless mess”.
Watch Megan Thee Stallion and Renée Rap perform ‘Mean Girls’ song ‘Not My Fault’ on ‘SNL’
Renée Rap and Megan Thee Stallion performed their collaborative song from the new Mean Girls reboot live on Saturday Night Live this weekend (January 20) – check out the moment below.Rap reprised her Broadway role as Regina George in the new Mean Girls reboot-musical and last night appeared on the long-running comedy show to perform the song with Stallion from the film, ‘Not My Fault’.Stallion took to the stage with Rap later in the evening; before that, Rap performed ‘Snow Angel‘ – the title track from her 2023 debut album.Stallion later appeared half-way through the song as a surprise guest. Before that, another surprise appearance came when Rap was introduced by Rachel McAdams who played Regina in the original outing of the Mean Girls movie.Check out the moment here:The new Mean Girls movie has been described as a “lively musical update” by critics, although reviews have generally been mixed.In a four-star review of the film, Empire described it as “sharp, funny and strongest when it stands on its own two perfectly manicured feet,” adding: “This snappy musical successfully updates the original Mean Girls template for a fresh audience.”The Hollywood Reporter meanwhile described the “regurgitated musical” as a “tuneless mess”.
‘Mean Girls’ finishes first at the box office
according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The reboot, which The Observer called “vapid, tasteless and monumentally stupid,” is based on the Broadway musical of the same name, which was inspired by the 2004 teen comedy starring Lindsay Lohan. “The Beekeeper,” which was in first place last Friday, flew down to second, with $2.445 million in sales.This weekend, the Jason Statham action thriller is projected to enjoy a three-day estimate of $8.4 million in earnings, according to Variety.The rom-com “Anyone But You,” which debuted in December, moved down a notch to third, with $1.74 million in sales.
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Lindsay Lohan “hurt and disappointed” by joke in new ‘Mean Girls’
Mean Girls movie.Lohan starred as Cady Heron in the original 2004 film and joined writer and co-star Tina Fey at the reboot’s premiere in New York last week. Lohan appears in the new film for a surprise cameo.A representative for Lohan told People that Lohan wasn’t a fan of a line of dialogue in the movie mentioning the phrase “fire crotch”.
Lindsay Lohan scored hefty paycheck for ‘Mean Girls’ cameo
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the “Mean Girls” musical. Lindsay Lohan fetched a huge paycheck for her appearance in the new “Mean Girls” musical flick.The 37-year-old “Falling for Christmas” star makes a small but poignant cameo appearance in the film, but she was still paid a hefty sum after working just half a day.Sources told Variety Lohan raked in $500,000 for her quick appearance in the Tina Fey film.Lohan starred as Cady Heron in the original 2004 teen flick.
Angourie Rice’s ‘Mean Girls’ vocals are bashed by ‘theater kids’: ‘It’s giving nervous audition’
posted Monday, a TikToker named Alison compared Rice’s vocal portrayal of Cady Heron to Erika Henningsen, who portrayed the high schooler during the show’s two-year run on Broadway. Alison’s video, which has garnered nearly 754,000 views since being uploaded, features snippets from the song “Revenge Party” which showcase the difference between Rice, 23, and Henningsen, 31. “This is the reason all theatre kids are appalled,” Alison states in the in-video text while she lip-syncs to both actresses’ versions of the song.
‘Mean Girls’ slammed for blatant marketing of e.l.f. products
“Mean Girls” musical movie has come under fire on TikTok for its high amount of product placement — especially featuring e.l.f. cosmetics.Viewers have taken to the social media platform to fume over the seemingly two-hour advertisement for the brand.“POV: The whole ‘Mean Gils’ movie,” one person captioned a clip alongside several e.l.f.
Lindsay Lohan Did Not Like That ‘Fire Crotch’ Joke in the Mean Girls Movie Musical
, is not here for a pretty mean girl-coded line of dialogue in the new movie musical rendition her 2004 film, Mean Girls. reports that in the remake, Megan Thee Stallion reacts to Cady's () talent show look with the line, “Y2K fire crotch is back”—seemingly a reference to a 2006 paparazzi video in which Brandon Davis calls Lohan a “”In a statement to People, Lohan's rep said that “Lindsay was very hurt and disappointed by the reference in the film.” Neither Tina Fey, who wrote the original film as well as the musical, nor Paramount Pictures have responded.Reneé Rapp, Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels, Lindsay Lohan, Angourie Rice, and Bebe Wood at the global premiere of Mean Girls on January 8.Lohan herself has poked fun at her party girl era, though one can imagine that given her horrific treatment at the hands of the tabloid press, it stings a bit to have an explicit “joke” played for laughs at her expense.Back in 2010, when Lohan was serving time for failing to attend court-ordered weekly alcohol education classes, some news outlets reported that she was by her fellow inmates, who shouted the nickname “fire crotch” at her and chanted it when she was nearby.
Lindsay Lohan Pulls Down Fetch Payday for ‘Mean Girls’ Movie Musical (EXCLUSIVE)
Tatiana Siegel Lindsay Lohan was fetch long before fetch was a thing. So, it should come as no surprise that Paramount paid the actor handsomely to cameo in the new “Mean Girls.” Sources say Lohan, who became one of young Hollywood’s biggest stars after starring in the 2004 film of the same name, pulled down about $500,000 for a half a day of work in the latest incarnation, a musical that stars a new clique of Plastics led by Angourie Rice and Reneé Rapp. Paramount declined comment.
‘Hurt’ Lindsay Lohan was shocked by ‘fire crotch’ joke in ‘Mean Girls’ — and she’s in it
Lindsay Lohan attended the “Mean Girls” movie musical premiere — and even makes a surprise cameo in it. And yet, she had no idea that a joke mentioning “fire crotch” made it into the script.In a 2006 paparazzi video, Brandon Davis referred to Lohan as a “fire crotch.”In the film, Megan Thee Stallion makes a dig toward Cady (played by Angourie Rice) and her Christmas-themed talent show outfit.
‘Mean Girls’ proves it’s still so fetch as it tops the box office with $28M
the 2004 Tina Fey movie, earned $28 million in its first three days in theaters according to studio estimates Sunday. Not accounting for inflation, that’s more than the $24.4 million the first movie made in its opening weekend.The “Mean Girls” competition over the Martin Luther King Jr.
Harry Styles was considered for a role in ‘Mean Girls’ reboot
Mean Girls reboot have revealed that they considered asking Harry Styles to play a key role in the new film.Directed by Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne, and written by Tina Fey, the revamped musical version of Mean Girls was released in UK cinemas on Friday (January 12).The new film is an adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical, which itself is based on the original 2004 movie that is also written by Fey.
Box Office: ‘Mean Girls’ Musical Rules With $32 Million Holiday Debut
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter There’s a new queen bee at the box office. Paramount’s “Mean Girls” musical ruled over the competition with $32 million during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
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Angourie Rice Dishes on That Surprise Celeb Cameo in 'Mean Girls' Movie Musical
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‘So Fetch’ — The Book About ‘Mean Girls’ 20 years after the movie
(Dey Street, out Tuesday) by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. The book tracks the meteoric rise of “Mean Girl,” which has become such a quotable pop culture mainstay that even Hilary Clinton used a “Why are you so obsessed with me” quip against Donald Trump a few years back.
‘Mean Girls’ Movie Musical Guide: Meet the New Plastics and That Surprise Extended Cameo
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Remaking one of the most definitive films of a generation is not easy, but such is the task given to the cast of the new “Mean Girls.” A new spin on Tina Fey’s 2004 classic that throws in a handful of songs from the movie’s 2018 Broadway musical adaptation, this new iteration of “Mean Girls” aims to be a breakthrough moment for its talented cast of up-and-coming stars, just as the original was for the likes of Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lizzy Caplan and more. While the new “Mean Girls” has earned mixed reviews from film critics, many agree the cast is far and away its strongest element.