The news just got better for Crazy Rich Asians. The breakout hit, which spent three weeks at number one back in August, has now become the highest grossing romantic comedy this decade.
That early attention that the film received has not wavered since its August opening. The film has seen eight solid weekends of consistent sales thus far, placing in top 10 tickets sold in the first weekend of October. That momentum has seemingly secured its legacy & Crazy Rich Asians is now the sixth-highest grossing romantic-comedy of all-time at the domestic box office, with over $169 million in sales, which also makes it the highest grossing rom-com of the decade. Also, a mere $7 million more will see it crack the top five romantic comedies and outsell 1998’s There’s Something About Mary.
Aside from its profitable reign in theaters, Crazy Rich Asians was notable as the first Hollywood studio film with primarily Asian-American leads since 1993’s award-winning The Joy Luck Club. News of a sequel broke soon after the film began its box office reign in August which will be based on the next book in the series, China Rich Girlfriend.
