The top 10 sleeper movie hits of the decade

Sleepers come seemingly from out of nowhere.

They are the little films that confound expectations, attracting enthusiastic audiences that happily spread the word.

Sometimes they come from the studio system, produced almost as an afterthought, but mostly they're produced well off the radar. On occasion, they upend the established order by opening at No. 1 at the box office.

10. "CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON" (SONY PICTURES CLASSICS, 2000)
Budget: $17 million Domestic gross: $128 million
9. "DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN" (LIONSGATE, 2005)
Budget: $5.5 million Domestic gross: $50.4 million
8. "SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE" (FOX SEARCHLIGHT, 2008)
Budget: $15 million Domestic gross: $141.3 million

READ MORE By Gregg Kilday, Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091229/film_nm/us_sleepers

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