Lindsay Lohan's surprisingly SMALL paycheck for her first Freaky Friday movie is revealed
But the 39-year-old actress is now clawing her way back to the top via her upcoming reunion with Jamie Lee Curtis for Freakier Friday, a sequel to the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday.
Along with the many changes in Lohan's career have come major fluctuations in the film star's salary and net worth.
Throughout her career, Lohan has maxed out at earning several million dollars per film, which makes her salary on her first version of Freaky Friday stand out.
Although her breakout hit was Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday helped coronate her as a teen idol and cemented her status as a major force in Hollywood.
The film, which was directed by Mark Waters, ended up being a massive hit, grossing over $160 million against a budget of $26 million.
But Lohan was paid shockingly little for the film compared to what she would later earn — just $550,000, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
That would still be a blessing of a payday for any 16- or 17-year-old, but the rising star would soon eclipse it multiple times over.
Her next role was in 2004's Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen, for which she reportedly earned nearly double for a $1 million payout.
She maintained that salary for Mean Girls, which she starred in later that year.
The film became one of her signature roles and is now a heavily quoted cultural icon.
Lindsay seemingly could do no wrong for the next few years as she attracted multimillion-dollar salaries.
Her sequel Herbie: Fully Loaded was savaged by critics, but it still performed well at the box office, while her turn toward arthouse cinema with a supporting part in Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion earned stellar reviews and a respectable gross against a tiny budget.
Those successes set up Lohan for her biggest payday ever: a reported $7.5 million that she earned for 2006's Just My Luck.
Her luck ran out with that rom-com, which costarred a young Chris Pine.
The film bombed with critics and audiences alike, and it grossed only $38 million against a budget of $28 million, of which Lohan's salary accounted for a significant chunk.
Although it made more money than its production costs, Just My Luck likely made little if any profit when factoring in advertising and other promotional costs.
Things went downhill from there. Her next lead role wasn't until 2007's Georgia Rule, which she starred in with Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman, but the film underperformed.
That year she starred in the preposterous horror thriller I Know Who Killed Me, which bombed at the box office, and the TV movie Labor Pains.
Lohans career then shifted into a period in which she largely appeared in cameo roles as herself or in small supporting parts.
Her lead role in the controversial Paul Schrader thriller The Canyons in 2013 helped her regain some critical interest, but she failed to capitalize on it with strong roles. Lohan also didn't star in any films between 2015 and 2019.
More recently, she has tried to reinvent herself with the forgettable and poorly reviewed Netflix rom-coms Falling For Christmas (2022), Irish Wish (2024) and Our Little Secret (2024).
That year she starred in the preposterous horror thriller I Know Who Killed Me, which bombed at the box office. It launched a period in which she primarily had cameos in films as herself or took on small supporting roles
Her lead role in the controversial Paul Schrader thriller The Canyons in 2013 helped her regain some critical interest, but she failed to capitalize on it with strong roles. Lohan also didn't star in any films between 2015 and 2019
More recently, she has tried to reinvent herself with poorly reviewed Netflix rom-coms. They were likely lucrative, though, as she was also credited as an EP; seen in April in Las Vegas
Now Lohan is moving back to the top as she stars in the upcoming sequel Freakier Friday with Jamie Lee Curtis (pictured)
However, she also served as an executive producer on those streaming films, meaning she likely made a significantly larger salary than if she was just acting.
Last year, Lohan had a cameo role in the musical remake of Mean Girls, which reportedly earned her $500,000 for a small commitment, a sign that her bankability may be on the upswing.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Lindsay made an impressive $28 million from her film roles.
However, much of those earnings was squandered on over-the-top expenses, including a reported $40,000 spent on tanning, as well as a mansion that cost her $8,000 per month and a shockingly expensive storage locker that cost $144,000.
The party girl also allegedly ran up an eye-popping $46,000 tab at LA's Chateau Marmont.
According to Business Insider, the IRS ended up seizing control of her bank account in 2012 after she ended up owing $233,000 in back taxes.
Her finances appear to have stabilized in recent years, and Lindsay is now reportedly worth around $2 million.
That's a respectable amount for a successful working actor in Hollywood, though far from what she might have been worth if her run of success hadn't run out or if her expenses hadn't caught up with her.
It's not clear how much Lohan is making for Freakier Friday, but she is also an EP on the project, suggesting it will be a solid payday. The Disney sequel will be released in theaters on August 8, 2025.
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