Perfect Strangers
Theatrical release poster
SpanishPerfectos desconocidos
Directed byÁlex de la Iglesia
Screenplay by
Based onPerfect Strangers
by Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini and Rolando Ravello
Produced by
  • Álvaro Augustin
  • Carolina Bang
  • Ghislain Barrois
  • Kiko Martínez
  • Paloma Molina
Starring
CinematographyÁngel Amorós
Edited byDomingo González
Music byVíctor Reyes
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • 28 November 2017 (2017-11-28) (Madrid)
  • 1 December 2017 (2017-12-01) (Spain)
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box office$31 million[1]

Perfect Strangers (Spanish: Perfectos desconocidos) is a 2017 Spanish comedy thriller film directed by Álex de la Iglesia remaking the 2016 Italian film of the same name.[2][3][4] It stars Belén Rueda, Eduard Fernández, Ernesto Alterio, Juana Acosta, Eduardo Noriega, Dafne Fernández and Pepón Nieto.The film grossed €18.9 million at the box office by February 2018.[5]

Premise

Seven friends decide to play a game at their dinner party, in which each member needs to read aloud all incoming text messages or put phone calls on speaker for all to hear. This causes many revelations to materialize, and challenges the "normal" of everyone at the dinner.

Cast

Production

The film is a Telecinco Cinema, Pokeepsie Films and Nadie Es Perfecto production, with the participation of Mediaset España and Movistar+.[6]

Release

Distributed by Universal Pictures,[7] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 1 December 2017.[8]

Box office

The film was the second highest-grossing Spanish language film of 2018 in Spain, with a box-office taking of €13 million from 2 million admissions.[9] The film also stayed as one of the highest-grossing Spanish language films of 2018 in Spain, and finished third grossing €9.2 million from 1.3 million admissions.[10] Worldwide it had grossed $31 million as of January 2019.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Perfectos Desconocidos (2017)". The Numbers.
  2. ↑ ""Perfectos desconocidos" un remake de Álex de la Iglesia". Jameson Notodofilmfest (in Spanish). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Zorrilla, Mikel (21 May 2016). "Álex de la Iglesia dirigirá el remake de 'Perfectos desconocidos'". Espinof (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Perfectos desconocidos". Movistar+ (in Spanish). Telefónica. 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Las 5 cintas nominadas al Goya recaudan 8 millones frente a los 18 millones de Perfectos Desconocidos, sin nominaciones". Europa Press (in Spanish). Madrid. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Nos colamos en el rodaje de 'Perfectos desconocidos' de Álex de la Iglesia". Telecinco. 25 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "'Perfectos desconocidos' – estreno en cines 1 de diciembre". Audiovisual451. 30 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "'Perfectos desconocidos' lidera la taquilla española seis semanas después de su estreno". Bolsamanía. 15 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Hopewell, John (2 January 2018). "Spanish Box Office Holds, Edging Down Just 0.7% in 2017".
  10. ↑ Hopewell, John (2 January 2019). "Spain's Box Office Dips Slightly in 2018". Variety.
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