Warner Bros.' highly-anticipated "Crazy Rich Asians" dominated the box office this weekend with $34 million, making history for Asian American representation. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan, the eagerly awaited  film tells the story of a dashing college professor who takes his girlfriend home to meet his mega-wealthy family in Singapore. The movie with an all-Asian cast has had an immense amount of media buzz and created a movement on social media with the#Gold Open hashtag that was created to drum up attention and draw a big box office.

 

highly-anticipated: 高度被期待的

anticipate: vt. 预期；期望

dominate: vt. 占据；占优势

box office: 票房

ticket office: 售票处

representation: n. 代表

based on: 以……为基础

best-selling: 畅销作品的

mega-wealthy: 非常有钱的

all-Asian: 全部来自亚洲的

immense: adj. 巨大的

drum up: 吸引；鼓吹