Bong Joon Ho

Historically, the landscape of successful Asians behind the camera has been sparse. Among the few who peopled this landscape, however, there have been standouts – famously, Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, who helmed over thirty films in his career during the mid-1900s, and is often cited as the inspiration for the work of Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and George Lucas.

When is the number one spot on the box office charts, not enough? When a studio expects a $60 million to $70 million at the international box office and some $50-60 million domestically (the US and Canada) for a healthy $110 million- $120 million total and the movie limps back with $81. 3 million receipts worldwide.

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