‘Intouchables’ Does it Again as Turkish Remake Becomes Country’s 2025 Box Office Champ

More than a decade after “The Intouchables” became a global box office phenomenon and launched Omar Sy’s international career, a Turkish remake of the French buddy comedy titled “Yan Yana” is doing gangbuster business in Turkey, becoming the country’s 2025 box office champ.

Since the film’s Nov. 14 release in Turkish movie theatres via Universal Pictures International, “Yan Yana,” which is directed by Mert Baykal, has scored more than two million admissions, pulling more than $12.4 million, and counting.

That figure is more than twice the Turkish box office take of “A Minecraft Movie” ($5.2 million) and roughly three times as much as “Zootopia 2” ($4.1 million), according to Box Office Mojo figures.

Produced by Turkey’s NuLook Production – the prominent company behind works by prominent Turkish helmers Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Emin Alper – “Yan Yanna” is also the first Turkish film to be released locally in IMAX format.

The Turkish adaptation…