Life is beautiful is set during world war II, and follows Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian book shop owner, who employs his fertile imagination to shield his son from the horrors of internment in a Nazi concentration camp. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Taiwan) and three other Academy Awards, and was nominated for six more Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Crouching tiger, hidden dragon became a surprise international success, grossing $213 million worldwide, out of which $128 million was from the United States, which helped it to become the highest-grossing foreign-language film in the American history. It’s Directed by one of the most legendary filmmaker of the world “Ang Lee”. After the success of their second movie, the third installment is said to be release in 2018.Ĭhinese movies are gradually increasing in terms of quality of content, not only because they’re making movies with much higher budget but also filmmakers are quite talented out there. While Donnie Yen didn’t repris his rope in this one, but still it surpassed the commercial success of the first installment. The Monkey King 2 (Chinese)Īfter the success of the money king in 2014, a sequel was confirmed. It was also the most expensive Chinese project at its time, and it brought profit multiple times of its production budget. The film was universally acclaimed for its stunt work and messages it contains. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of Jing Ke’s assassination attempt on the King of Qin in 227 BC. Amélie became a commercial success in North America that helped to boost its box office collection. She wants to change the lives of those around her for the better, while struggling with her own isolation. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love. It tells the story of a shy and young waitress, who decides to help people find happiness. Amélie (French)Īmélie is among the must watch French language movies, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. Made with the budget of only $18 million, it became a massive commercial hit, bringing in money almost 8 times of its production budget.
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Also, the movie overwhelmingly surpassed Avatar’s original record of 13 million viewers to become the most watched film of all time in Korea. It recorded 10 million viewers in 12 days, achieving the milestone in shortest period of time. Set in 16th century during the historical Battle of Myeongnyang, and follows a Korean naval commander Yi Sun-sin. Excellent direction from Hirani, brilliant performance by Aamir Khan and a unique story at its core dragged a large number of Indians to theatres, and made it highest grossing Indian movie. Its characters and story resonated with most Indians. It contains profound messages for Indian audience to understand. He faces a hard time understanding the concept of God, and if there’s a God then why he created such a divisive society.ĭespite being a comedy film, PK reaches really deep and oftentimes touches extremely dark subjects. It follows a humanoid named PK, who came from another planet. PK is a Hindi language science fiction comedy film. Because mainstream people probably didn’t even watch it, but still it managed to become 10th highest grossing non-English movies of all time. If you consider the darkness of the film, the box office performance looks even more impressive. The girl with the dragon tattoo is an extremely dark film, it explores subjects that normal people mostly try hard to ignore, such as sexual abuse, heartbreak and sacrifice. But the Swedish version of the story has its own Aura.
Although the Hollywood version is almost a masterpiece, due to the presence of director David Fincher and many great actors in lead.
The novel has been adapted two times for a film, once in 2009 and later in 2011 by a Hollywood filmmaker. The girl with the dragon tattoo is an adaptation of an excellent novel with the same name. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Swedish) Here are top ten highest grossing non-English movies. Some of these movies earned enough money to declare themselves blockbusters even by Hollywood standards. But there have been some movies that are made for local people of a particular country, but still managed to make box office collection comparable that of Hollywood movies. North America is the biggest market in terms of box office collection (at least for now). It’s a common knowledge that Hollywood movies are watched by people around the world, which is why those movies are much more successful than the rest.
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