This is a non-definitive list of most expensive non-English-language films, with budgets given in
United States dollar
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s. Only films with budgets exceeding US$30 million are listed here.
Where the source gives the budget in the native currency, conversion is carried out using the exchange rates for the year of release as given by the
Internal Revenue Service
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(since 2017) and
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(prior to 2017). In the absence of the exact year the closest year is used instead.
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List of highest-grossing non-English films
These are the highest-grossing, primarily non- English language films in the world. Chinese is the most frequent language with 39 films in the top-50 highest grossing non-English films, while Japanese is the second most frequent language with ...
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List of most expensive films
Due to the secretive nature of Hollywood accounting, it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made. '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' officially holds the record with a net budget of $447 million, although it is possible that '' ...
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World cinema
World cinema is a term in film theory in the United States that refers to films made outside of the American motion picture industry, particularly those in opposition to the aesthetics and values of commercial American cinema.Nagib, Lúcia. ...
References
External links
List of the most expensive French filmsList of the sales quotes of French films produced in 2012 (p. 70-76)
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