3 Idiotas

3 Idiotas
3 Idiotas
Directed by	Carlos Bolado
Screenplay by	Antonio Abascal
Story by	Abhijat Joshi; Rajkumar Hirani
Based on	3 Idiots; by Rajkumar Hirani; Five Point Someone; by Chetan Bhagat;
Produced by	Miguel Mier; Bernardo Rugama; Jimena Rodríguez;
Starring	Alfonso Dosal; Christian Vázquez; Germán Valdés III; Martha Higareda;
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
Release date	31 March 2017;
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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Overseas, the film grossed US$1,249,233 in the United States and Canada, and US$43,077 in Bolivia,^[5] 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

3 Idiotas at IMDb
3 Idiotas at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "3 idiotas". Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-02-07 – via www.imdb.com.

[2] "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.

[3] 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.

[4] "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.

[5] "3 idiotas". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

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