‘Mean Girls,’ the film adaptation of a musical that was adapted from a movie which was adapted from a book, bullied its way to the top of the box office in its opening weekend.
Reporters can always tell when “Mean Girls” is going to win the box office. Well, they can tell when it’s winning.
Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of the Broadway musical — based on the original 2004 film “Mean Girls” that starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams — topped the domestic holiday weekend box office, bringing in a projected $28 million in its four-day opening, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore.
The movie-musical finished well ahead of second-place finisher, Amazon/MGM’s action movie “The Beekeeper,” which punched its way to $16.8 million in its extended debut weekend.
“Mean Girls” performed pretty much as expected according to early box office projections, which had the film hauling anywhere between the high $20 millions and $35 million during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
This new iteration of “Mean Girls” performed slightly above the 2004 original, which had a domestic opening of $24.4 million ($39.8 million adjusted for inflation).
Rounding out the domestic box office top five were Warner Bros.’ family-friendly flick “Wonka,” which cooked up $8.
