Freakier Friday has been a average field workplace success for Disney, pulling in over $43.8 million since its launch on August 8. Given its prime summer season launch date and ongoing competitors with films like The Bare Gun and The Dangerous Guys 2, this can be a very spectacular efficiency. Freakier Friday’s industrial success can solely be signal for extra unique film sequels at Disney.
Though the Freakier Friday ending doesn’t explicitly tease a sequel, there’s each likelihood that one other installment could possibly be on the playing cards if the film turns over a substantial revenue. Whereas this would definitely be thrilling, the much more tantalizing prospect is that Freakier Friday triggers a pattern of different Disney unique films getting legacy sequels.
Disney Wants To Make Princess Diaries 3 Subsequent
After the large success of Freakier Friday, it appears solely logical that Disney ought to begin searching for their subsequent early 2000s unique property to carry again for one more spin. If the studio does proceed with this pattern, The Princess Diaries looks as if the almost definitely (and worthwhile) candidate. The latest sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, was launched in 2004.
As Freakier Friday has already confirmed, it has been the proper period of time for audiences to have developed nostalgia for the unique property with out letting it really feel previous or outdated. Anne Hathaway is simply as in style as we speak as she was 20 years in the past, and there’s little question she’d be capable to get audiences to return out in droves for a brand new Princess Diaries sequel.
By the way, Princess Diaries 3 was confirmed again in 2022, however there’s been little or no improvement on the undertaking since then. It’s attainable that Disney has shelved the sequel so as to make room for extra mainstream initiatives; neither Julie Andrews nor Chris Pine have seemingly been approached to assist get the undertaking off the bottom.
Fortunately, Freakier Friday provides Disney the proper excuse to lastly get Princess Diaries 3 into improvement. The studio now has definitive proof that early 2000s reboots will be industrial successes, and The Princess Diaries was all the time simply as in style as Freaky Friday. The unique movie grossed $165 million upon launch, in contrast with Freaky Friday’s $160 million.
To not point out, Hathaway’s profession has been on an upwards trajectory ever since The Princess Diaries was first launched. She’s starred in a number of enormous blockbusters and acclaimed indie films, even securing a Finest Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in Les Misérables. Her upcoming work on The Satan Wears Prada 2 and Verity subsequent 12 months makes this the proper alternative to capitalize on her recognition.