ins ▁in ▁its ▁Red ▁Da wn ▁re make ▁from ▁Chinese ▁to ▁North ▁Korean ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁maintain ▁access ▁to ▁China ' s ▁luc r ative ▁box ▁office . ▁The ▁changes ▁reported ly ▁cost ▁less ▁than ▁$ 1 ▁million ▁and ▁involve ▁changing ▁an ▁opening ▁sequence ▁summar izing ▁the ▁story ' s ▁fict ional ▁back drop ▁( dro pping ▁the ▁original ▁story line ▁of ▁Chinese ▁" re pos session " ▁after ▁the ▁US ▁defaults ▁on ▁lo ans ▁for ▁a ▁North ▁Korean ▁invasion ), ▁re - edit ing ▁two ▁scenes , ▁and ▁using ▁digital ▁technology ▁to ▁change ▁Chinese ▁symbols ▁and ▁dialog ue ▁to ▁Korean . ▁The ▁film ' s ▁producer ▁T rip ▁Vin son ▁stated : ▁" We ▁were ▁initially ▁very ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁make ▁any ▁changes , ▁but ▁after ▁careful ▁consideration ▁we ▁constructed ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁scar ier , ▁sm arter ▁and ▁more ▁dangerous ▁Red ▁Da wn ▁that ▁we ▁believe ▁impro ves ▁the ▁movie ." ▁ ▁Sound track ▁ ▁Ram in ▁Dj aw adi ▁composed ▁the ▁score ▁to ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Track ▁listing ▁All ▁music ▁by ▁Ram in ▁Dj aw adi . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁Metro - G old w yn - M ayer ▁was ▁final izing ▁a ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁independent ▁studio ▁Film D istrict ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Film D istrict ▁reached ▁a ▁deal ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁its ▁ 2 0 1 2