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Just call it Girlkirk.
During a chat onEntertainment Weekly'sAwardistpodcast,One Battle After AnotherstarRegina Hallreminisced about how her fan-favorite filmGirls Tripand Christopher Nolan'sDunkirkwere kind of like the Barbenheimer phenomenon of their respective summer.
The observation came about as Hall reflected on the success of the film, which dazzled critics and audiences alike, grossing $140 million worldwide on its $19 million production budget, and became the first comedy of 2017 to gross over $100 million in the U.S.
"I think some of the other cast members are like, 'We knew [it would succeed],'" she tellsAwardisthost Gerrad Hall. "I didn't necessarily know that. I mean, I thought it was funny and we were having fun. I still thought it would hit exclusively our target demographic. You know, I thought it was gonna hit just Black women, probably. That's probably what I thought."
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She continued, "I didn't expect it to be like a summer hit that had that amount of legs. Or I didn't expect as many men to like it, and then it crossed over culturally, [and by] gender."
Hall added that it was rewarding for her and fellow castmates Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Queen Latifah to watch it all unfold, even if she personally had questions about its shared June 21 release date with Nolan's historical epic. "I think it was exciting to watch it happen because I was like, summertime, why are we coming out in summertime?" Hall explained. "AgainstDunkirk— who's handling programming over there? Because we came out the same day."
When EW suggests it was like Barbenheimer before Barbenheimer — the portmanteau given to the 2023 box office battle between counter-programming juggernautsBarbieandOppenheimer— Hall agreed, suggesting a nickname of her own. "It'd be Girlkirk or Duntrip," she said, with a laugh.
Speaking ofGirls Trip, can we expect more adventures from the Flossy Posse? "I do believe so," Hall replied when asked if she thinks a sequel is really going to happen.
"I just... I think that it's really about getting the script right," she explained. "I think no one wants to do it if it's not, if they don't feel like it can be funny, you know, like the first one. And so I think getting that right has been like the primary goal. And I think until that's right, then we won't... hopefully it won't be likeGirls Trip: Seniors Edition."
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In 2017,Girls Tripultimately came in second toDunkirkon its opening weekend. All in, the Nolan film grossed $189.7 million in the United States and Canada, with a worldwide total of $530 million.
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