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ALL TIME FOREIGN FILM DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE

TITLE 01) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 02) Life Is Beautiful 03) Amelie 04) Il Postino 05) Like Water For Chocolate 06) I am Curious (Yellow) 07) La Dolce Vita 08) La Cage Aux Follies 09) Z 10) Iron Monkey 11) A Man and A Woman 12) Monsoon Wedding+ 13) Y Tu Mama Tambien 14) Cinema Paradiso 15) Emmanuele 16) Brotherhood of the Wolf 17) Das Boot 18) 8 1/2 19) My Life as a Dog

STUDIO SPC Miramax Miramax Miramax Miramax Grove Press MGM Miramax AA USA IFC Miramax Columbia Universal Columbia Kino (now) Skouras

GROSS $128,067,808 $57,600,759 $33,201,661 $21,840,154 $21,662,873 $20,200,000 $19,500,000 $17,921,489 $15,800,000 $14,681,661 $14,300,000 $13,876,974 $13,622,333 $11,944,329 $11,500,000 $10,928,863 $10,527,000 $10,400,000 $10,100,000

DATE OPENED 12/8/00 10/23/98 10/12/01 6/14/95 2/17/93 1969 1966 1979 1969 10/12/01 1966 2/22/02 3/15/02 2/2/90 1/16/75 1/11/02 2/10/82 4/9/66 5/1/87

+ At the behest of many I've include Monsoon Wedding even though it is not technically a 'foreign language' film.

GROSS $9,284,265 $8,264,530 $7,293,390 $7,267,324 $6,932,982 $6,645,000 $5,969,533 $5,888,057 $5,770,254 $5,590,893 $5,311,177 $5,214,598 $5,017,971 $4,447,186 $4,044,028 $4,043,000 $2,489,139 $2,378,771 $2,248,002 $2,280,573 $1,810,145

Other Notable Foreign Films Talk to Her All About My Mother Eat Drink Man Woman Run Lola Run The Wedding Banquet The Closet Central Station Nowhere in Africa* Kolya Indochine Bread and Tulips Farewell My Concubine La Femme Nikita Italian for Beginners Mediterraneo Three Colors: Red Raise The Red Lantern Himalaya Russian Ark* Ma Vie En Rose The Color of Paradise

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Updated 08/05/2003 *Currently in release.