Hollywood's great Chinese story

Tracking the community's on-screen journey, from Fu Manchu to Crazy Rich Asians

The Asians, particularly the Chinese, have arrived in Hollywood, and how! It has been a long journey, from being ridiculed to being accepted, sometimes as crazy, sometimes as rich, sometimes both.

Movie goers in the United States will have noticed that in the past two years, Hollywood has made more news about Chinese themed movies than ever before. In 2018, Crazy Rich Asians - about an American economics professor who goes to meet her super-wealthy boyfriend's family in Singapore - grossed $238.5 million worldwide, against a production budget of $30 million. It is also the first all-Asian Hollywood film in 25 years since the 1993's The Joy Luck Club.