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and international theaters.Īdditionally, a new report by the Motion Picture Association of America shows that more minorities, including African-Americans and Asian-Americans, were going to the movie theater in 2016. Just last year Park Chan-wook's lesbian Gothic thriller The Handmaiden sold out on deals to screen in U.S. However, the rising popularity of movies from foreign film festivals like Cannes, as well as the increase in major Hollywood stars acting in foreign productions have started a trend toward greater acceptance of subtitles. adaptation will be more successful than the original from China, Japan or Korea. So judging from the last 15 years of box office numbers, it's about a 50-50 chance that the U.S. films did better at the box office than the original version. $9.1 million domestically from $1.2 million budget.ĭisclaimer: This list does not include Bangkok Dangerous (Bangkok Dangerous, Thailand), The Lake House (Il Mare, Korea ), Pulse ( Kairo, Japan), and Mirrors ( Into the Mirror, Korea) because there wasn't sufficient box office information for the Korean and Japanese releases. The Ring (2002), remake of Ringu (Japan, 1998): $129.1 million domestically from $48 million budget vs. $3.1 million worldwide from unknown budget. The Grudge (2004), remake of Ju-on: The Grudge (Japan, 2003): $187.2 million worldwide from $10 million budget vs. $9.5 million domestic from unknown budget.
Shall We Dance? (2004), remake of Shall We Dance? (Japan, 1996): $57.9 million domestic from $50 million budget vs. $1.5 million worldwide from unknown budget. The Departed (2006), remake of Infernal Affairs (China, 2002): $289.8 million worldwide from $90 million budget $8.7 million worldwide from $6.4 million budget.ĭark Water (2005), remake of Dark Water (Japan, 2002): $49.5 million worldwide from $30 million budget vs. The Eye (2008), remake of The Eye (China, 2002): $31.4 million domestically from a $12 million budget $1.8 million domestically from from $3.2 million budget. $16.23 million domestically from a $1.7 million budget. One Missed Call (2008), remake of Chakushin Ari (Japan, 2004): $26.9 million domestically from a $20 million budget vs. $7 million worldwide from unknown budget. Shutter (2008), remake of Shutter (Thailand, 2004): $47.9 million worldwide from $8 million budget vs.
Possession (2009), remake of Addicted (Korea, 2002): $682,273 worldwide from an unknown budget vs.
It should be noted that A Tale of Two Sisters is the highest-grossing Korean horror film, and the first to be screened in American theaters. $1 million worldwide from a $3.7 million budget. The Uninvited (2009), remake of A Tale of Two Sisters (Korea, 2003): $41.62 million worldwide from an unknown budget vs. dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki). And let's not forget Godzilla, which is based on a beloved and culturally specific Japanese creature feature (it will always be ironic that Hollywood made a franchise out of Gojira, which itself was a commentary on nuclear fears brought on by the U.S. The Ring was brought over to the States after the success of the Japanese Ringu, and went on to spawn multiple sequels and spin-offs. Let's look at the numbers.Ĭertainly, there have been a share of successes: The Departed was adapted from the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs by director Martin Scorsese and it went on to win scores of awards. The question I'm interested in answering is whether or not these Hollywood adaptations of Asian movies actually make money. T he upcoming wave of anime adaptations such as Death Note and Akira, Paramount Pictures' chance for a new sci-fi franchise led by Scarlett Johansson, and the chance to stymie the steadily-growing outcry against whitewashing.īut when Ghost in the Shell limped into theaters last weekend, bringing in a meager $20 million domestically on a $110 million budget, that may have spelled the end for Hollywood adaptations of anime classics. But this is not the first time Hollywood has tried and failed to remake a critically and financially successful film based on an Asian property - nor will it be the last time. A lot was riding on the success of Ghost in the Shell.