The &34;One Battle After Another&34; star also provides an update on where a sequel to &34;Girls Trip&34; stands. Regina Hall says Girls Trip and Dunkirk theatrical combo was the Barbenheimer of its time The &34;One Battle After Another&34; star also provides an update on where a sequel to &34;Girls Trip&34; stands. By Lauren Huff :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/PXL202501060627063092a245c0a56a194868af7b6a47af56223c.jpg) Lauren Huff Lauren Huff is an awardwinning journalist and staff writer at with over 12 years of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry.

The "One Battle After Another" star also provides an update on where a sequel to "Girls Trip" stands.

Regina Hall says Girls Trip and Dunkirk theatrical combo was the Barbenheimer of its time

The "One Battle After Another" star also provides an update on where a sequel to "Girls Trip" stands.

By Lauren Huff

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Regina Hall as Ryan in 'Girls Trip'. Credit:

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Just call it Girlkirk.

During a chat on **'s *Awardist* podcast, *One Battle After Another* star Regina Hall reminisced about how her fan-favorite film *Girls Trip* and Christopher Nolan's *Dunkirk* were 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 tells *Awardist* host 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."

Regina Hall as Deandra in 'One Battle After Another'.

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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. "Against *Dunkirk* — 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 juggernauts *Barbie* and *Oppenheimer* — Hall agreed, suggesting a nickname of her own. "It'd be Girlkirk or Duntrip," she said, with a laugh.

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Speaking of *Girls 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 like *Girls Trip: Seniors Edition*."**

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In 2017, *Girls Trip* ultimately came in second to *Dunkirk* on 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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