REMAKE - FOREIGN THRILLS Thrillers and Action Flicks Based on Foreign-Language Movies
TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 True Lies Fox $146,282,411 2,561 $25,869,770 2,368 7/15/94 2 Godzilla Sony $136,314,294 3,310 $44,047,541 3,310 5/20/98 3 The Departed WB $132,384,315 3,017 $26,887,467 3,017 10/6/06 4 The Ring DW $129,128,133 2,927 $15,015,393 1,981 10/18/02 5 The Grudge Sony $110,359,362 3,348 $39,128,715 3,245 10/22/04 6 Vanilla Sky Par. $100,618,344 2,842 $25,015,518 2,742 12/14/01 7 The Ring Two DW $76,231,249 3,341 $35,065,237 3,332 3/18/05 8 Insomnia WB $67,355,513 2,610 $20,930,169 2,610 5/24/02 9 12 Monkeys Uni. $57,141,459 1,629 $184,776 3 12/29/95 10 Unfaithful Fox $52,775,765 2,625 $14,065,277 2,617 5/8/02 11 The Grudge 2 Sony $39,143,839 3,214 $20,825,300 3,211 10/13/06 12 The Eye LGF $31,418,697 2,470 $12,425,776 2,436 2/1/08 13 Mirrors Fox $30,691,439 2,664 $11,161,074 2,664 8/15/08 14 Point of No Return WB $30,038,362 1,659 $7,160,389 1,545 3/19/93 15 The Uninvited P/DW $28,596,818 2,344 $10,325,824 2,344 1/30/09 16 One Missed Call WB $26,890,041 2,240 $12,511,473 2,240 1/4/08 17 Shutter Fox $25,928,550 2,756 $10,447,559 2,753 3/21/08 18 The Invisible BV $20,578,909 2,019 $7,717,309 2,019 4/27/07 19 Pulse W/Dim. $20,264,436 2,323 $8,203,822 2,323 8/11/06 20 Last Man Standing NL $18,115,927 2,579 $7,010,333 2,561 9/20/96 21 Diabolique (1996) WB $17,100,266 1,824 $5,524,055 1,824 3/22/96 22 Original Sin MGM $16,534,221 2,194 $6,402,741 2,194 8/3/01 23 Eye of the Beholder Dest. $16,500,786 1,751 $5,959,447 1,751 1/28/00 24 Bangkok Dangerous LGF $15,298,133 2,654 $7,783,266 2,650 9/5/08 25 The Vanishing Fox $14,543,394 1,658 $5,009,928 1,656 2/5/93 26 Wicker Park MGM $13,001,257 2,598 $5,467,281 2,598 9/3/04 27 Body Parts Par. $9,188,150 1,315 $3,032,258 1,315 8/2/91 28 The Warrior and the Sorceress NW $2,886,225 238 $574,210 238 9/7/84 29 Nightwatch Mira. $1,179,002 300 $585,733 300 4/17/98 TOTAL (All Movies): $1,386,489,297 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $47,809,976 2,311 $13,597,850 2,202 - TOTAL $1,382,424,070 - - - - AVERAGE $51,200,891 2,462 $15,115,112 2,435 -
TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS
NOTE: Technically speaking, The Talented Mr. Ripley was an adaptation of the same novel that Purple Noon was based on, so it wasn't a direct remake. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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