![]() The list was also dominated by the first seven years of the decade. Yimou Zhang’s “Hero,” Ronny Yu’s “Jet Li’s Fearless,” Stephen Chow’s “Kung Fu Hustle,” Woo-ping Yuen’s “Iron Monkey” and Mira Nair’s “Monsoon Wedding” all place in the top ten as well. Asian films made up six of the top ten grossing films, including far and away the decade’s top grosser: Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” “Dragon” grossed an astounding $128,078,872, making it the highest grossing cinematic import by a $70 million margin. ![]() ![]() While in the 1990s it was the most dominant region (with Italy in particular having three of the top four grossers – “Life Is Beautiful,” “Il Postino” and “Cinema Paradiso”), it’s John Woo’s continental comrades that dominated the ’00s. Overall, though, European cinema was overshadowed by a different continent.
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