The online discussion began when Juan Buis, a writer and designer, shared a collection of movie posters in their original forms alongside their versions when advertised in France.

The thread, posted on Wednesday (8 March), shows Hollywood film titles alongside their French cinema equivalents – often not in French, as expected, but using English to create an alternative moniker.

“The French love to translate movie titles from English to... English,” Buis began his post.

“Here's a thread with my all-time favourites, starting with The Hangover... I mean VERY BAD TRIP.”The 2009 comedy, starring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms, is titled Very Bad Trip in France.

Other “translations” in the thread included The Other Guys becoming “Very Bad Cops”, Step Up 2 turning into “Sexy Dance 2” and Not Another Teen Movie being refashioned more straightforwardly as “Sex Academy”.

A more timely example came with the recently released Cocaine Bear; to French audiences, the film is known as Crazy Bear.

The thread, which has been viewed more than 10 million times, has led to other Twitter users chiming in with some of their favourite international film renamings...."

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