Lindsay Lohan visits a zoo Down Under during a break from Freakier Friday promo
She he has been seen promoting her new movie Freakier Friday in Australia last week.
The 39-year-old accessorized with black sneakers, a pearl phone charm and a brown leather Hermes bag.
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Group: Lindsay Lohan visited Taronga Zoo in Sydney with her husband Bader Shammas and their son Luai
The family of three were joined by a nanny, who could be seen pushing Luai's stroller through the zoo.
Lindsay could be seen carrying a baby bottle as she checked out our local fauna with her brood in tow.
The outing came after Lindsay and her co-star Jamie Lee Curtis attended the Australian premiere of Freakier Friday at Westfield Bondi Junction the day before.
Disney's Freakier Friday has achieved a major box office milestone, earning back its production budget in just three days, despite opening at No. 2 in the United States.
The sequel, which reunites Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan more than 20 years after Freaky Friday (2003), debuted to an estimated $45million in the U.S. over the August 8 weekend.
The film was narrowly edged out of the top spot by Zach Cregger's horror thriller Weapons, which took in $64million in North America.
Strong international turnout boosted Freakier Friday's global total to $69million, including $24million from overseas markets, according to Deadline.
Good times: Lindsay looked in great spirits at the zoo
Hair: She went for a low ponytail tied up with a scrunchie
That matches the film's reported $69million production budget, making it the 41st release of 2025 to cross that mark worldwide.
While recouping costs so quickly is a positive sign, industry analysts note that films typically need to gross around 2.5 times their production budgets to turn a profit, putting the sequel's estimated break-even point at roughly $161 million.
In 2003, Jamie Lee and Lindsay starred in the smash hit comedy, Freaky Friday, which saw the two characters switch bodies.
Fans had long hoped for a sequel to the iconic comedy but had to wait two decades after the original first hit theatres.
Stars: The outing came after Lindsay and her co-star Jamie Lee Curtis attended the Australian premiere of Freakier Friday at Westfield Bondi Junction the day before
Lindsay was just 15 years old when she first portrayed Anna Coleman in Freaky Friday alongside Jamie Lee, who played her on-screen mother Tess Coleman.
It follows the bickering mother and daughter after a Chinese restaurant fortune cookie mishap causes them to switch bodies, forcing them to live the other's life.
Despite barely having been able to see eye-to-eye, the magical switch eventually allows them to see things from the other's point of view.
The sequel sees the iconic pairing switch places once again, though this time there is quadruple chaos in store.
Anna (Lindsay) is preparing to tie the knot with Eric Davies (Manny Jacinto), but things are proving difficult as her teenage daughter Harper (Julia Butters) despises Eric's teenager Lily (Sophia Hammons).
Harper highlights her disgust as she's heard reciting mock wedding vows, in which she brands her soon-to-be step-sister 'a little demon thing with an obnoxious accent.'
A flash forward to Anna's bachelorette party sees her and mother Tess Coleman sit down with a fortune teller (Vanessa Bayer), who warns them they may learn another lesson by 'walking in each other's paths'.
Anna and Tess then find themselves caught up in yet another 'freaky' body swap incident - only this time, it's not just between the two of them.
The next morning, Anna discovers she's swapped bodies with daughter Harper, while Tess, aka 'Grandma', is now in the body of Anna's step-daughter Lily.
The foursome try to navigate their new roles with just days to go until the wedding.
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