[Meeting Korean Culture Abroad]Foreign Remakes of Korean Films Enjoy Success
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Many Korean movies that were commercial hits upon their release in the
domestic market have been remade in other countries to varying degrees
of success. Two examples of those that failed to live up to the
success of their original Korean films are the American versions of
Oldboy and My Sassy Girl. However, it is encouraging
that there have been far more successes than failures.
The first Korean film to be remade in Hollywood was Il Mare,
released in 2000. In 2006, it was released in the US under the title
The Lake House to fairly good reception, easily breaking even.
Christmas in August, starring Han Suk-kyu and Shim Eun-ha, was
released in Korea in 1998 and its 2005 remake in Japan was a big
success.
The Man from Nowhere, starring Won Bin, was released in Korea
in 2010. In 2016, the movie was remade in India as the Bollywood
production Rocky Handsome, raking in a total profit of KRW 5.8 billion
(approximately USD 5.2 million by the current KRW-USD exchange rate).
Miss Granny, released in Korea in 2014, was remade in many
countries — including China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines,
Thailand, and Viet Nam — and its Vietnamese version enjoyed
record-breaking success. Sunny, which premiered in Korea in
2011, was also remade in Viet Nam as the box office sensation
Go-Go Sisters. Recently, Bloody Moon Fest, a Vietnamese
remake of Intimate Strangers, which attracted 5.3 million
movie-goers after its release in Korea in October 2018, topped local
lists of box office hits.
In China, a remake of On Your Wedding Day, a coming-of-age
romance starring Park Bo-young and Kim Young-kwang released in Korea
in 2018, became the most successful Chinese version of a Korean movie.
Previously, Big Match, a 2019 remake of the Korean film
Veteran, had topped lists of successful Chinese adaptations of
Korean films, posting a profit of RMB 380 million.