Bride Wars (2015 film)

Bride Wars

Theatrical Poster
Directed by Tony Chan
Produced by Kate Hudson
Jiali Huang
Fruit Chan
Dong Yu
Starring Angelababy
Ni Ni
Chen Xiao
Zhu Yawen
Production
company
Release dates
  • August 18, 2015 (2015-08-18) (Shanghai)
  • August 20, 2015 (2015-08-20) (China)

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Running time
 90 minutes
Country China
Language Mandarin
Box office US$27.6 million

Bride Wars (Chinese: 新娘大作战) is a 2015 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Tony Chan. The film is a remake of 2009's Bride Wars that starred Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway.[3] It was released in China on August 20, 2015.[4][5][6]

Cast

Reception

Box office

The film came in at number three in its opening weekend, earning USD$24,220,000 (RMB $154,496,958). In its second weekend the film dropped to number seven with $3.34 million. Its two-week total now stands at $27.6 million.

Critical response

Maggie Lee of Variety said that "a not-great Hollywood romantic comedy gets even worse in this atrocious Chinese remake."[7] Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a facile and uninspired remake of a facile and uninspired original."[8]

References

  1. ↑ Kevin Ma (June 19, 2015). "Bona announces giant slate in Shanghai". Film Business Asia. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Movie "Bride Wars" premiered in Shanghai". Xinhua News Agency. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Fox International and Bona to Produce Chinese ‘Bride Wars’ Remake". Variety. 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  4. ↑ "Romantic Comedy 'Bride Wars' to Hit Big Screens on August 20". China Radio International. 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Chinese Remake of 'Bride Wars' Premieres in August". Yibada. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  6. ↑ 新娘大作战 (2014). movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Maggie Lee (August 24, 2015). "Film Review: ‘Bride Wars’". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ Elizabeth Kerr (October 30, 2015). "'Bride Wars': Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

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