Today, TikTok is playing nice with all of the world’s “Mean Girls.”
In honor of Oct. 3 doubling as “Mean Girls” Day, Paramount Pictures released the 2004 film on TikTok — in 23 parts.
At midnight, Paramount debuted an official account on TikTok for the film, hoping to introduce the cult classic to a younger audience. There, the studio made the complete one-hour, 47-minute film available for free.
The account quickly mushroomed from 700 to 77,900 followers, and the videos had gained greater than 1 million likes by the afternoon.
“Get in loser, we’re going shopping,” the bio for the account reads, quoting certainly one of the famous lines from the film.
Written by Tina Fey, “Mean Girls” stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Franzese and Amy Poehler.
According to the film’s official synopsis, the plot goes as such: “After living in Africa together with her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lohan) must brave the wilds of highschool where she is taken under the wing of the favored girls, The Plastics, led by the cool and cruel Regina George (McAdams).”
Directed by Mark Waters, “Mean Girls” took in $86 million stateside and $130 million worldwide, and the film inspired successful Broadway musical.
A “Mean Girls” movie based on the musical, set for release Jan. 12 next 12 months, stars Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Avantika, Mahi Alam, Christopher Briney, Bebe Wood, Ashley Park, Connor Ratliff and Jon Hamm.
“Mean Girls” is currently available on Paramount+ and is free to watch on YouTube with ads.