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Directed by | Carlos Bolado |
Screenplay by | Antonio Abascal |
Story by | Abhijat Joshi Rajkumar Hirani |
Based on | 3 Idiots by
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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 |
3 Idiotas is a 2017 Mexican coming-of-age comedy-drama film, which is a remake of the 2009 Indian film 3 Idiots. 3 Idiotas is directed by Carlos Bolado and produced by Miguel Mier, Bernardo Rugama and Jimena Rodríguez. The film stars Alfonso Dosal, Christian Vázquez, German Valdez and Martha Higareda.
Plot
Two 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
- 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
3 Idiotas was released on March 31, 2017 by Lionsgate and its Pantelion Films banner.
Box office
The 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. 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.
Overseas, the film grossed US$1,249,233 in the United States and Canada, and US$43,077 in Bolivia, for a worldwide total of US$7,932,310.
References
- "3 idiotas". Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-02-07 – via www.imdb.com.
- "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.
- 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.
External links
Categories:- 2017 films
- Films set in universities and colleges
- 2010s buddy comedy-drama films
- Films about education
- 2010s coming-of-age comedy-drama films
- Mexican coming-of-age films
- Films based on Indian novels
- Films directed by Carlos Bolado
- Remakes of Indian films
- Lionsgate films
- 2017 comedy-drama films
- Mexican comedy-drama films
- 2010s Mexican films
- 2010s Spanish-language films