This week in response to the release of Total Recall I’m going to be putting together a little showcase of other recent (or not so recent) remakes, comparing them to their original source material in terms of budget*, financial success**, and overall Quality***.  I’ll give in depth numbers for seven sets of films and a full list of other remakes in the genre (Not including Foreign-to-American adaptations) including links to the original movie(s) for each.  Today, Let’s look at Comedy/Musical remakes.

 Footloose (1984) Vs. Footloose (2011)

  Herbert Ross     [Director]     Craig Brewer

                 Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer     [Starring]     Julianne Hough, Kenny Wormal

   70%     [Tomatometer]     56%

    6.1     [IMDb Score]     5.5

       $16,980,000     [Budget]     $24,000,000

 $165,670,000     [Domestic Gross]     $51,780,000

     The Winner:  Original

  The Parent Trap (1961) Vs. The Parent Trap (1998)

             David Swift     [Director]     Nancy Meyers

 Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara      [Starring]     Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid

           88%     [Tomatometer]     85%

           6.9     [IMDb Score]     6.1

                              n/a    [Budget]     $20,630,000

          $181,230,000     [Domestic Gross]     $122,580,000

           The Winner:  Tie

 The Longest Yard (1974) Vs. The Longest Yard (2005)

Robert Aldrich     [Director]     Peter Segal

        Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert      [Starring]     Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds

     81%     [Tomatometer]     31%

      7.1     [IMDb Score]     6.2

         $47,900,000    [Budget]     $90,761,000

    $228,870,000     [Domestic Gross]     $175,100,000

       The Winner:  Original

 Hairspray (1988) Vs. Hairspray (2007)

       John Waters     [Director]     Adam Shankman

       Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown  [Starring]  John Travolta, Queen Latifah

 97%     [Tomatometer]     91%

  6.8     [IMDb Score]     6.9

     $3,640,000    [Budget]     $78,870,000

        $12,130,000     [Domestic Gross]     $124,890,000

       The Winner:  Tie

     Freaky Friday (1976) Vs. Freaky Friday (2003)

    Gary Nelson   [Director]     Mark Waters

         Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster  [Starring]  Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan

   71%     [Tomatometer]     88%

 6.2     [IMDb Score]     6.2

$75,730,000?   [Budget]     $30,740,000

      $98,230,000     [Domestic Gross]     $130,310,000

    The Winner:  Tie

    The Producers (1968) Vs. The Producers (2005)

Mel Brooks    [Director]     Rod Lurie

              Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder   [Starring]  Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick

 93%     [Tomatometer]     51%

   7.7     [IMDb Score]     6.3

        $5,640,000    [Budget]     $49,810,000

        $5,870,000     [Domestic Gross]     $21,440,000

    The Winner:  Original

Arthur (1981) Vs. Arthur (2011)

  Steve Gordon    [Director]     Jason Winer

          Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli   [Starring]   Russell Brand, Jennifer Garner

    90%     [Tomatometer]     26%

     6.7     [IMDb Score]     5.7

         $16,570,000    [Budget]     $40,000,000

   $226,070,000     [Domestic Gross]     $33,015,000

         The Winner:  Original

Other Musical/Comedy Remakes

Annie (1999)

Fame (2009)

Flubber (1997)

Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

Guess Who (2005)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Major Payne (1995)

Mr. Deeds (2002)

Nutty Professor (1996)

Shaggy Dog (2006)

What a Girl Wants (2003)

Your, Mine and Ours (2005)

*Budget does not include many significant costs of the film i.e. Marketing Costs.  Budgets Adjusted for Inflation for 2010.

**Numbers given are Domestic Grosses and do not include DVD sales, Merchandising Revenue, or any other sort of revenue that Studios ultimately receive from a film.  Grosses Adjusted for Inflation for 2010.

***Winners are based on critical consensus, not personal opinion.