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Jon M. Chu

1979 (47 years old)Directing

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Statistics

Total Movies
11
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Total Box Office
$2.12B
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Domestic Gross
44%
$930.5M
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International Gross
56%
$1.19B
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Average per Movie
$162.9M
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Total Budget
$549.0M
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Profitability Gap
+$375.9M
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Avg ROI
4.6x
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Opening Weekends
$319.1M
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Highest Grossing
$525.7M
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Biography

Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for directing the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" (2018) and the musical fantasy "Wicked" (2024), the former being one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent. For his direction for "Wicked," Chu won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Director. An alumnus of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, other films he has directed often include musical elements, including the dance films "Step Up 2: The Streets" (2008) and "Step Up 3D" (2010), the musicals "Jem and the Holograms" (2015) and "In the Heights" (2021), as well as the live concert films "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" (2011) and "Justin Bieber's Believe" (2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon M. Chu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Information

BirthdayNovember 2, 1979
Place of BirthPalo Alto, California, USA
Known ForDirecting
Also Known As
Jon ChuJohn M. Chu朱浩伟Джон М. Чуجان ام. چو