52 Films by Women Vol 9. 21. Freakier Friday (Director: Nisha Ganatra)
Pictured : Anna Coleman ( Lindsay Lohan ) gets freaky in front of her ex ( Chad Michael Murray ) in the family comedy sequel, ' Freakier Friday ', written by Jordan Weiss and Elyse Hollander and directed by Nisha Ganatra . Still courtesy of Walt Disney Studios . An outlier of summer movie releases, Freakier Friday is to date the highest grossing film in 2025 solely directed by a woman. As of 15 September, according to Box Office Mojo it has grossed $148,320,369 worldwide ($91,253,519 domestic). It is followed by two other summer releases, Materialists ($101,303,614) and the remake of I Know What You Did Last Summer ($64,713,860). In fourth and fifth place are The Salt Path ($20,906,667) and the German anthology sequel, Wunderschöner ($14,523,318) co-written and directed by Karoline Herfurth; the original spawned a Polish remake. These figures are important in an era in which women’s rights are being squeezed, and women-directed movies are increasing surfacing on streaming r...