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Remake - Foreign Thrills

Thrillers and Action Flicks Based on Foreign-Language Movies
1980-Present



RowRankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 2 Godzilla
(Gojira, Japan, 1954)		 Sony $136,314,294 3,310 $44,047,541 3,310 5/20/98
2 5 The Grudge Sony $110,359,362 3,348 $39,128,715 3,245 10/22/04
3 8 The Ring Two DW $76,231,249 3,341 $35,065,237 3,332 3/18/05
4 3 The Departed
(Infernal Affairs)		 WB $132,384,315 3,017 $26,887,467 3,017 10/6/06
5 1 True Lies
(La totale!, France, 1991)		 Fox $146,282,411 2,561 $25,869,770 2,368 7/15/94
6 7 Vanilla Sky
(Abre los ojos, Spain, 1997)		 Par. $100,618,344 2,842 $25,015,518 2,742 12/14/01
7 11 Contraband Uni. $66,528,000 2,870 $24,349,815 2,863 1/13/12
8 10 Insomnia
(Insomnia, Norway, 1997)		 WB $67,355,513 2,610 $20,930,169 2,610 5/24/02
9 14 The Grudge 2 Sony $39,143,839 3,214 $20,825,300 3,211 10/13/06
10 9 The Tourist Sony $67,631,157 2,756 $16,472,458 2,756 12/10/10
11 4 The Ring
(Ringu, Japan, 1998)		 DW $129,128,133 2,927 $15,015,393 1,981 10/18/02
12 15 Quarantine
([Rec])		 SGem $31,691,811 2,463 $14,211,321 2,461 10/10/08
13 13 Unfaithful
(La femme infidele, France, 1969)		 Fox $52,775,765 2,625 $14,065,277 2,617 5/8/02
14 6 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Sony $102,515,793 2,950 $12,768,604 2,914 12/21/11
15 20 One Missed Call
(Chakushin ari, Japan, 2003)		 WB $26,890,041 2,240 $12,511,473 2,240 1/4/08
16 16 The Eye LGF $31,418,697 2,470 $12,425,776 2,436 2/1/08
17 17 Mirrors Fox $30,691,439 2,664 $11,161,074 2,664 8/15/08
18 21 Shutter Fox $25,928,550 2,756 $10,447,559 2,753 3/21/08
19 19 The Uninvited
(A Tale of Two Sisters, South Korea)		 P/DW $28,596,818 2,344 $10,325,824 2,344 1/30/09
20 23 Pulse
(Kairo, Japan, 2001)		 W/Dim. $20,264,436 2,323 $8,203,822 2,323 8/11/06
21 28 Bangkok Dangerous LGF $15,298,133 2,654 $7,783,266 2,650 9/5/08
22 22 The Invisible
(Den Osynlige, Sweden, 2002)		 BV $20,578,909 2,019 $7,717,309 2,019 4/27/07
23 18 Point of No Return
(La femme nikita, France, 1990)		 WB $30,038,362 1,659 $7,160,389 1,545 3/19/93
24 24 Last Man Standing
(Yojimbo, Japan, 1961)		 NL $18,115,927 2,579 $7,010,333 2,561 9/20/96
25 26 Original Sin
(La sirene du Mississippi, France, 1969)		 MGM $16,534,221 2,194 $6,402,741 2,194 8/3/01
26 27 Eye of the Beholder
(Mortelle randonnee, France, 1983)		 Dest. $16,500,786 1,751 $5,959,447 1,751 1/28/00
27 25 Diabolique (1996)
(Diabolique, France, 1955)		 WB $17,100,266 1,824 $5,524,055 1,824 3/22/96
28 30 Wicker Park
(L'Appartement, France, 1996)		 MGM $13,001,257 2,598 $5,467,281 2,598 9/3/04
29 31 Let Me In Over. $12,134,935 2,042 $5,147,479 2,020 10/1/10
30 29 The Vanishing
(Spoorloos, Netherlands, 1988)		 Fox $14,543,394 1,658 $5,009,928 1,656 2/5/93
31 32 Body Parts
(Orlacs Hande, Germany, 1924)		 Par. $9,188,150 1,315 $3,032,258 1,315 8/2/91
32 34 Nightwatch
(Nattevagten, Denmark, 1994)		 Mira. $1,179,002 300 $585,733 300 4/17/98
33 33 The Warrior and the Sorceress
(Yojimbo, Japan, 1961)		 NW $2,886,225 238 $574,210 238 9/7/84
34 12 12 Monkeys
(La jetee, France, 1962)		 Uni. $57,141,459 1,629 $184,776 3 12/29/95
TOTAL (All Movies):$1,666,990,993----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$49,029,1472,356$13,743,7452,261-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$1,662,925,766----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$51,966,4302,486$15,030,4062,462-



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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