Claim: Lindsay Lohan had the lead role in a 2003 remake of Freaky Friday.

Freaky Friday is a 2003 American fantasy-comedy , teen film remake directed by Mark Waters and written by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon , based on the novel of the same name by Mary Rodgers . It stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis as a daughter and mother whose bodies are switched due to a mysterious fortune cookie . It also stars Mark Harmon , Harold Gould , and Chad Michael Murray .   The film was released in theaters on August 6 , 2003 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures . It received generally positive reviews from critics and it earned over $ 160 million on a $ 20 million budget . It was Disney 's second remake of the 1976 film of the same name starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster . It was released on VHS and DVD on December 16 , 2003 by Walt Disney Home Video .