After a long and busy summer week, I was unable to make it to a showing of "Crazy Rich Asians" during its opening weekend. But I still bought a ticket for Sunday evening, after finding that all the day shows were sold out, knowing that I could not attend.

This is how I feel about this film — I'll give them money, even if I don't see the film. I did see it though, the following day, in a still packed theater. Five minutes in, I cried. I was excited, but had no idea what a profound effect it would have on me.

I'd never seen so many people like me on screen at once, all of them being so cool.

It was a #GoldOpen. "Crazy Rich Asians" brought in over 35 million in over five days, and Warner Bros. has already signed on the CRA team for a sequel. It's incredible.

So much of the Asian American community has come out and supported this film. Other celebrities have done so as well, promoting diversity in Hollywood. These box office numbers, which beat those of "The Megs" the previous weekend, show to Hollywood that, yes, having Asians in leading roles is box office mojo.

This movie has brought together so much of the community, and it truly marks a change in Hollywood.

I first heard of this film's development over two years ago. I read the book, and it was hilarious. Then I didn't hear much for a while. I heard that it changed hands, and I didn't know who was producing and who was on board. I had a fear that if it did get made, it might just get swept under the rug. Or, there would be a small win for the community — and then everything would go back to being the way it has been.

The CRA team had previously been in negotiations with Warner Bros. and Netflix. We all know that Netflix owns everything lately, creating some of the best content right now. Netflix offered CRA an obscene number. The meeting took place in a conference room with director, Jon Chu, and his lawyers on the phone with Netflix. Everyone told Jon to take the Netflix deal.

But that meant the film would go straight to streaming. Warner Bros. had the promise of a theatrical release. So, Jon said no to Netflix.

"Ultimately, we decided Netflix is probably the future. But right now, it's not," said Chu. "I guarantee you if we were on Netflix, we wouldn't have been on the cover of things. We wouldn't be on the summer lists. Those are powerful messages, and that's what we really wanted... There is a victory in that, and now we're really focused on the financial victory of people showing up so that other voices can be heard and other stories can be told."

This story is bigger than just money. It is the potential to change things for a whole community of people who felt oppressed.

Being able to see our peers on the silver screen is a monumental moment. Asian parents often discourage their children from a life in the performing arts, particularly when it comes to acting. The main argument is usually, "How are you going to work? They don't put people like us on there."

But I can guarantee that glass ceiling is coming down — not by the force of one person, but through many people who have learned to work together.

It's wonderful to see Asian American actors in a romantic comedy, not a martial arts movie or a movie about war. But I had many questions asked to me in the weeks before the film's opening: "Why do they have to be rich?" and "Why is it a romantic comedy? It won't be good."

The mix of Jon Chu's lavish style with the wealth of the characters we see on film, and the fact that "Crazy Rich Asians" is a brilliant satire, makes it a great movie and a truly original and standout rom-com. Other actors and actresses have had plenty of rom-coms, some flopped and some were great.

This was a one that will stay in my memory forever. It's not the standard format, and it brings something fresh to the table.

There are jokes that perhaps people may not get for cultural reasons. But get used to it. You'll be hearing a lot more of them.