3 Idiotas

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]

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 (2017-03-31)
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish
Box office	US$7.9 million

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

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.

External links

• 3 Idiotas at IMDb
• 3 Idiotas at Rotten Tomatoes