Crazy Rich Asians (franchise)

The Crazy Rich Asians media franchise is a novel and film series created by Singaporean-American author Kevin Kwan. The franchise was established with the publication of the novel Crazy Rich Asians in 2013, which was inspired by Kwan's childhood in Singapore. Crazy Rich Asians was followed by the novels China Rich Girlfriend (2015) and Rich People Problems (2017), as well as the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians.

The Crazy Rich Asians novel received positive reviews, became both a national and an international bestseller, and has been translated into over 30 languages. In 2013, Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson secured film rights to Crazy Rich Asians. The film was released in the United States on August 15, 2018. Kwan sold the rights to the film for $1 and served as executive producer on the film with near total creative control, one of the conditions to selling the rights. The film was the first major Hollywood film with a majority ethnic Asian cast telling a contemporary Asian-American story since 1993's The Joy Luck Club.

Kwan published China Rich Girlfriend in June 2015 and became an international bestseller. On August 15, 2018, it was reported that Kwan had already been tasked with developing a film from the sequel China Rich Girlfriend.

On April 29, 2019, CNBC reported the back-to-back filming of two sequels to Crazy Rich Asians set for filming in 2020.