Disney’s Freakier Friday leads this week’s new cinema releases in the UK and Ireland.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunite for the sequel to the 2003 hit comedy Freaky Friday . The original, which opened with £1.2m and closed on £6.6m, followed teenager Anna (Lohan) swapping bodies with her mother Tess (Curtis).

This time, director Nisha Ganatra ups the stakes with a four-way body swap, introducing a new generation: Anna’s daughter Harper, played by Julia Butters, and soon-to-be stepdaughter Lily, played by Sophia Hammons. Manny Jacinto and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan also join the cast alongside returning members from the first film: Chad Michael Murray as Anna’s childhood crush; Mark Harmon; and Rosalind Chao.

The franchise began when Mary Rodgers’ 1972 book was adapted for the sc

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