Girls Trip (2017)
87%RT Audience Score: 78%
Awards & Nominations: 13 wins & 42 nominations
Girls Trip is the rare R-rated comedy that pushes boundaries to truly comedic effect — and anchors its laughs in compelling characters brought to life by a brilliantly assembled cast
Girls Trip is the kind of movie that will make you want to call up your best friends and plan a wild weekend getaway. With a cast that has perfect chemistry and jokes that will have you laughing until you cry, this movie is a must-see. And don’t worry, the gross-out humor is worth it for the hilarious moments that come with it. So grab your girls and get ready for a raucous ride that you won’t forget anytime soon.
Production Company(ies)
Deblokada Produkcija Coop99 Filmproduktion, Digital Cube
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, pervasive language, brief graphic nudity, and drug material
Year of Release
2017
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 2m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2017 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 28, 2017
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $140,552,359
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $169,539,326
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 785
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 18,488,476
US/Canada gross: $115,171,585
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $138,924,120
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 553
US/Canada opening weekend: $31,201,920
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $37,636,881
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 344
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $19,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $22,918,485
Production budget ranking: 1,294
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $12,341,604
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $134,279,236
ROI to date (est.): 381%
ROI ranking: 355
Queen Latifah – Sasha Franklin
Jada Pinkett Smith – Lisa Cooper
Tiffany Haddish – Dina
Larenz Tate – Julian Stevens
Mike Colter – Stewart Pierce
Director(s)
Malcolm D. Lee
Writer(s)
Kenya Barris, Tracy Oliver
Producer(s)
Will Packer, Malcolm D. Lee
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
13 wins & 42 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (177) | Top Critics (61) | Fresh (162) | Rotten (15)
I want at least three more sequels and a series after this.
August 17, 2021
A. Tony Jerome
Autostraddle
TOP CRITIC
It’s a raucous ride, unlike anything I’ve ever seen in theaters.
February 27, 2021
Evette Dionne
Bitch Media
TOP CRITIC
…the bond between the four women – and occasional lack thereof – demands repeat viewing much more than the sporadic shocks of gross-out (and grapefruit) humor.
March 31, 2020
Jenna Marotta
indieWire
TOP CRITIC
[Tiffany] Haddish is a genius technician of physical comedy, at once subtle and gigantic.
December 28, 2017
Doreen St. Felix
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Girls Trip is the breakout comedy of 2017. Do not let the summer end without going to see this movie.
September 16, 2017
Valerie Complex
Birth.Movies.Death.
TOP CRITIC
Malcolm D. Lee’s exuberant Girls Trip easily outclasses the likes of Bad Moms and Rough Night.
September 6, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
Moviegoers who endured a rough night watching the recent Rough Night will fare significantly better with Girls Trip.
August 16, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
Expect start-to-finish hilarity, of both a sexual and scatological nature.
June 25, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5
Yasmin Omar
Harper’s Bazaar
These grosser gags may put some off, but most will cry with laughter. When these four share the screen, sparks fly and the chemistry is perfect.
May 13, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Alex Flood
NME
Girls Trip is clearly not the product of comic actors haphazardly riffing on set until they reach their joke quota. Here, instead, is a movie that feels like having fun with real people.
December 12, 2020
David Bax
Battleship Pretension
If you need a good deep belly laugh, this is your movie.
November 5, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5
Paul McGuire Grimes
KSTP-TV (St. Paul, MN)
A perfect example of a film where the cast truly matters.
September 8, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com…
Plot
Four best friends, the “Flossy Posse”, have grown distant over the years. When lifestyle guru Ryan Pierce (Regina Hall), who is dubbed “the next Oprah”, is offered an opportunity to be the keynote speaker at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, she decides to bring along her friends to turn her work vacation into a girls’ trip. Joining Ryan is Sasha (Queen Latifah), an ex-journalist from Time Magazine who now owns a floundering gossip site and is struggling financially; Lisa (Jada Pinkett Smith), a nurse and uptight mom who has not had a boyfriend since her divorce years earlier and Dina (Tiffany Haddish), a happy-go-lucky, impulsive party animal who was fired after assaulting a co-worker shortly before the trip. While on the trip, Sasha is sent a tip that shows a picture of a black man’s head kissing an Instagram model, presumed to be Ryan’s husband, Stewart. The friends are reluctant to tell Ryan, but when Dina spills the news, Ryan shocks them by telling them she is already aware of the situation and that they are in couple’s counseling. Nevertheless, when Dina sees Stewart at their hotel, she threatens him with a broken bottle, resulting in her getting ejected and banned from the hotel. In solidarity all the girls leave with her, but the only hotel they are able to get is a sleazy one-star motel frequented by customers of prostitutes.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises the “brilliantly assembled cast” of Girls Trip, which includes Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and breakout star Tiffany Haddish.
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