3 Idiotas is a 2017 Mexican coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Bolado and produced by Miguel Mier, Bernardo Rugama and Jimena Rodríguez. The film is a remake of the 2009 Hindi-language Indian film 3 Idiots which was itself a loose adaptation of the 2004 Chetan Bhagat novel, Five Point Someone.[1][2] The film stars Alfonso Dosal, Christian Vázquez, German Valdez and Martha Higareda.[3]
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| Directed by | Carlos Bolado |
| Screenplay by | Antonio Abascal |
| Story by | Abhijat Joshi Rajkumar Hirani |
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| Cinematography | Javier Morón |
| Edited by | Perla Carpio |
| Music by | Alvaro Arce Urroz |
Production companies | Greenlight Productions Neverending Media BoBo Producciones Credix Cutting Edge EFICINE. |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate Pantelion Films |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | US$7.9 million |
Plot
editTwo nerdy friends and their arch rival from college embark on an adventure determined to find a college roommate who disappeared without a trace on graduation day.
Cast
edit- Alfonso Dosal as Pancho
- Christian Vázquez as Felipe
- Germán Valdés III as Beto
- Martha Higareda as Mariana
- Vadhir Derbez as Isidoro
- Sebastián Zurita as Emiliano
- Paulina Dávila as Diana
- Enrique Singer as Don Diego
- Rodrigo Murray as Escalona
Release
edit3 Idiotas was released on March 31, 2017 by Lionsgate and its Pantelion Films banner.
Box office
editThe film was a box office hit in Mexico, selling more than 3 million tickets and becoming the highest-grossing domestic film during the first half of 2017.[4] It grossed MX$125.6 million (US$6.64 million) in Mexico, making it the second highest-grossing Mexican film of 2017 below Do It Like an Hombre.[5]
Overseas, the film grossed US$1,249,233 in the United States and Canada, and US$43,077 in Bolivia,[6] for a worldwide total of US$7,932,310.
References
edit- ^ "Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots' Gets A Mexican Remake. Bolo All Is Well!". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "NL interviews (Part 2): Chetan Bhagat on feminism and One Indian Girl". News Laundry / You tube channel. 15 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "3 idiotas". Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-02-07 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Banan, Aastha Atray (14 May 2017). "Here is the difference between 3 Idiots and its Mexican version 3 Idiotas". Mid-Day. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Películas Mexicanas Más Taquilleras 2017" [Top-Grossing Mexican Movies 2017] (PDF). Resultados Definitivos 2017 [Final Results 2017] (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "3 idiotas". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.