The landmark movie “Crazy Rich Asians” has broken yet another major record for ticket sales, becoming the highest-grossing romantic comedy in the U.S. in 10 years by surpassing 2009′s “The Proposal,” according to estimates from Box Office Mojo. “Crazy Rich Asians” has made an estimated $165.7 million as of this weekend. The movie, released in August and based on Kevin Kwan’s novel satirizing affluent families in Asia, has been especially significant for Asian-American audiences as the first major Hollywood studio film in 25 years to star a majority-Asian cast. The film’s continued appeal to audiences, in addition to the popularity of other recent hits like “Black Panther” and “Coco,” further dismantles the longstanding myth in Hollywood that movies by and about people of color “don’t sell.”

Source: Huffington Post September 30, 2018 17:03 UTC