This study tackles a pivotal yet unresolved issue in contemporary adaptation studies: the perceived tension between cultural specificity and global cinematic success. While theoretical discourse has evolved beyond fidelity-based criticism toward appreciating intertextual creativity, a persistent methodological and geographical gap remains—most scholarship consists either of broad theoretical syntheses or isolated case studies, predominantly centered on Western contexts, and thus lacks a systematic framework for cross-cultural comparative analysis. To address this lacuna, the research develops and empirically validates the four-dimensional Dialectical Adaptation Analysis Model (MDAA), structured around the interrelated axes of narrative fidelity, cinematic innovation, cultural localization, and global appeal. Guided by the central question—How do diverse world cinemas negotiate balance among these four poles during adaptation?—the study tests the hypothesis that dialectical cultural localization (DCL), understood as the dynamic synthesis of source-text integrity and culturally resonant reinterpretation, positively and significantly correlates with global visibility (CV), thereby contesting the entrenched assumption of an inevitable trade-off between local rootedness and international reach. Employing a mixed-methods comparative design, the research conducted structured content analysis using the MDAA coding protocol on a balanced corpus of 64 adapted films (2005–2024) drawn from eight distinct geographic-cultural regions, with two independent coders achieving high inter-rater reliability (mean Cohen’s κ = 0.86). Quantitative analyses—including descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis tests, Spearman’s correlations, and cluster analysis—were complemented by qualitative hermeneutic and semiotic interpretation. Results identify three regional adaptation paradigms: Structural Fidelity (Western and Eastern Europe), Cultural Dialectics (East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa), and Industrial Globalization (North America). Most significantly, a strong positive correlation between DCL and CV was confirmed (Spearman’s ρ = 0.72, p < 0.01), empirically demonstrating that profound cultural engagement and the generation of hybrid “third meanings” function not as barriers, but as catalysts for global distinction. In offering the rigorously validated MDAA model, this study furnishes adaptation studies with a robust, scalable instrument for systematic cross-cultural inquiry, effectively bridging longstanding methodological and geographic divides.