[1] One factor behind the relative financial success of English-language films is because of the function of the English language as the world's lingua franca.
[4] A number of Chinese and Soviet films sold more than 100 million tickets at the box office,[5][6] but at relatively low ticket prices compared to Hollywood films[5][7] and thus limiting the amount of gross revenue generated.
[a] As of 2017[update], the average cinema ticket price was $9 in the United States,[8] compared to CN¥35 ($5.10) in China.
Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing non-English films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.
Note that this list is incomplete and is thus not necessarily representative of the highest-grossing non-English films by video sales, therefore no rankings are given.
Fengshen Cinematic Universe sits at the top with $2.3 billion, while The Battle at Lake Changjin has the best average of $770 million per film.