In the 2021 New Year's Day file, "Warm Hugs", which was remade from the Korean movie "Plan Man", won more than 800 million yuan at the box office, and in the 2021 Spring Festival file, "The Crowd" remade from the Japanese movie "The Way to Steal the Key" opened low and went high, and under the squeeze of "Detective Chinatown 3" and "Hello, Lee Huanying", two phenomenal movies, it won 760 million box office.
The domestic film of the same name, which is a remake of the Korean classic movie "Sunshine Sister Tao", was released on June 11... Fingers crossed, in the past ten years, the number of domestic remake movies has become more and more numerous, the frequency is getting faster and faster, and the box office is also rising, showing a trend of "remakes are also crazy".
This article selects ten of the more well-known remakes by word of mouth to share with readers:
I. 2015 "Twelve Citizens", remade from the 1957 American film "Twelve Angry Men"
This is a rare court film, but because there is no jury system in china, the remake has been changed to a make-up exam for law students, and the adaptation method is very clever and does not show traces.
The actors of the film are mainly composed of drama actors from Beijing Renyi, of which Han Tongsheng and He Bing are more familiar to the audience, and the film does have similar characteristics of drama, and finally with its superb script and acting skills, the film received a high evaluation of 8.4 points.
Sadly, however, the box office of "Twelve Citizens" is only about ten million, which is not enough for the half-hour sales of "Hello, Lee Huanying". The reason why it is not popular is because the original version has a long time and is not familiar to domestic audiences. Second, the subject matter is too serious and brain-burning, and it is not very popular with the audience at this stage in China. The best word of mouth at the box office is the worst, where to reason.
It is worth mentioning that there is also a court film in China, "Witnessed by the Whole People", which has a good box office reputation and has been remade by South Korea.
2. 2019 "Manslaughter", remade from the 2015 Indian film "Manslaughter and Concealment of Heaven"
Domestic producers bought the rights when indian films were just successful, then adapted them and changed the location of the story to Thailand, so that they could avoid many sensitive plots like "Detective Chinatown". And the film is also very clever to adapt part of the brain-burning plot of the original version into an emotional drama that domestic audiences like to hear, and use emotions to promote the plot, so that although it loses part of the charm of the original work, it is welcomed by domestic audiences.
"Manslaughter" received 7.7 ratings and a box office of 1.33 billion, which can be called a double harvest at the word-of-mouth box office.
3. 2021 "Surging Crowds", remade from the 2012 Japanese movie "The Method of Stealing Keys"
The film received 760 million box office and 7.1 ratings, which can basically be regarded as a successful remake from the data point of view, especially in the special period of the Spring Festival in 2021.
The main success of "Surging Crowds" lies in two points, one is that the choice of actors is very good, Andy Lau, Xiao Yang and Wan Qian are all people who can support the box office in terms of acting skills and image, and the CP combination of Andy Lau and Wan Qian is also more attractive. Second, the localization adaptation is very successful, the local elements are wonderful enough, and even a large number of tributes to domestic films, especially Andy Lau's.
2015 "Back to 20", remade from the 2014 Korean film "Strange Her"
Of course, there is also a view that "Return to 20" and "Strange Her" are simultaneous development rights, but they are only released a year behind South Korea, and cannot be regarded as a remake. This, the author believes that the script got relatively late, the release is still a year late, it is not a remake is not a wrong, if you are a year earlier, will not become a Korean remake of you?
The author cried miserably at the end when watching "Strange Her", so there were still some worries before watching "Return to 20", fortunately, it did not disappoint the author, this movie is still very sincere, and the localization adaptation is also in place.
"Return to 20" eventually received 7.1 ratings and 360 million box office, which is a very successful film. It is worth mentioning that this is still Lu Han's film debut, and it is estimated that fans have not contributed less to the box office.
Also, Shen Enjing's acting skills in this movie are very good, so that the author went back to watch "Sunshine Sister Tao", and now "Sunshine Sister Tao" also has a domestic version.
5. 2020 "Big Winner", remade from the 2007 Korean film "Live Casually"
Although the film identifies itself as an adaptation of Japanese writer Kunihiko Murai's Game Never Ends, many viewers still believe that "Big Winner" is a remake of the Korean film "Spontaneous And Live".
Due to various reasons, "The Big Winner" was not released in theaters, and "囧Mom" was launched on the online video platform, and the majority of audiences could watch with mobile phones, under the premise that the audience did not spend money equivalent to zero box office, the film got a 6.8 point evaluation, which was not easy. You know, Xu Zheng's "囧Mom" is only 5.9 points.
6. 2008 movie "Keep Talking", remade from the 2004 American film "A Line of Sound Machines"
When I saw this "Keep Talking" in the cinema that year, I had two feelings, one was that the film was very cleverly conceived, the creativity was very good, the actors' acting skills were online, and it was a good movie. Another feeling is that the film lacks climax and suspense, lacks tension, and is not in place for sensationalism, which is a tepid qualified commercial film.
The film's remake of the American film "A Line of Sound Machines" also has similar problems, and the box office and word of mouth are tepid.
"Keep Talking" earned more than 50 million at the box office with a rating of 6.7, which was ok in 2008, and the reputation of the original film was only 7.1 points.
7. The 2018 movie "The Richest Man in Xihong", remade from the 1985 American film "Brewster's Million Windfall"
Although the word of mouth is only 6.6 points, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" still won a super high box office of 2.5 billion, which is really surprising.
The first accident is that "The Richest Man in Xihong City" really can't talk about anything about quality, the plot and character design of the film are quite shallow, and there are many creaky places in the laughter, but it has captured a lot of audience tickets, which makes it difficult for many people to understand. There is an opinion that the film may have catered to the hearts of some daydreamers, after all, similar YY novels are everywhere on the Internet.
Another surprise is that "The Richest Man in Xihong" is actually a remake, and it is not mentioned in the promotion, because the original American film remade by the film is not only old and famous abroad, but also the word-of-mouth score of "Brewster's Million Windfall" is not as good as "The Richest Man in Xihong", only 6.5 points.
"The Richest Man in Xihong City" has brought two results, one is that many domestic movies have begun to "draw nutrition" from ancient foreign movies, and the other is that the reputation of Happy Twist has begun to decline seriously, although the box office is still good, but the brand has shown a downward trend.
8. 2019 movie "Big Man", remade from the 2015 Korean movie "Veteran"
Douban score 6.5, box office got 380 million, another is a relatively successful remake of the movie "Big People", the success of the film lies in the localization of the adaptation without any sense of violation, such as forced demolition and "school district room" and other domestic concepts, and the film is also very clever to hide some controversial bridges, adding a lot of comedy elements, so it is very good for the appetite of domestic audiences, after all, the biggest selling point of domestic movies is comedy.
9. The 2017 movie "The Dedication of Suspect X", adapted from the Japanese novel of the same name by Keigo Higashino
Strictly speaking, "The Dedication of Suspect X" is an adaptation of the film, and the producer bought the copyright directly from Keigo Higashino, and it is also the first adaptation of his work in China. However, as I said above, Japan was filmed in 2008, South Korea was made in 2012, and domestic films started later than other versions.
The film scored 6.3, won 400 million box office, the results are quite good, there is the role of Keigo Higashino, there are also the role of Wang Kai and several other actors, after all, the biggest advantage of the film is that the adaptation of the original is not as much as other remakes, and even the protagonist's name is very similar, to be honest, if you change a director, the effect may be better.
10. The 2017 movie "Broken Bureau", remade from the 2014 Korean film "To the End"
Douban score 6.2, box office got sixty million, say success, box office is too little, say failure, in fact, it is still decent.
The biggest advantage of "Broken Game" is that it maintains the core story and core rhythm of the original work, while avoiding risks. But the film does not seem to have its own things, except for a few painless localization adaptations, other details are not a transcendence of the original work, and even look at it is enough, and in order to avoid risks, the story is set abroad, and the localization design looks a bit funny.
The above is the author's selection of ten domestic remakes with a rating of more than 6 points, there are definitely omissions, readers are welcome to comment.
It is worth mentioning that there is also a "Find You" starring Ma Yili and Yao Chen with a score of 7.4 points, but the film purchased the script earlier than South Korea, and the film preparation time was also earlier than the Korean version of "Disappeared Woman", due to the existence of many large adaptations that caused the production time to drag on for a long time, so the author did not put it into the top ten list.
As for the remake of less than 6 points, it is not a hassle to make another ten films:
"Ex 2: Spare Tire Strikes Back", "Little Wish", "Warm Hug", "CallErme", "My Girlfriend is a Robot", "Relief Grocery Store", "Hide and Seek", "Grandpa Fangling 38", "I Am a Witness", "Trouble Family", "Late Night Canteen" and Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns"...
Some readers may still have some doubts about the concept of remake, simply put, remake is legal and reasonable, as long as there is copyright, no copyright of the large remake is called plagiarism, no copyright of small details reproduction called tribute, of course, there is a way to take the essence of multiple movies together, that is called melting stems.
The popularity of remakes, on the one hand, shows the deepening of international cultural exchanges, on the other hand, it seems to prove that the domestic film industry is exhausted in creativity, so we should have a rational view of the popularity of remakes, in essence, we should still encourage innovation, after all, cultural output is also a symbol of a big country, and it is not very good to pick up people's teeth and wisdom all day.