How long before foreign movies, games and foreign language tv outsell Hollywood movies / tv
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UPDATED: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 16:05
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more on that Spanish transexual drama thing
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How an Indian action icon broke into Hollywood — and the Oscar race — with 'RRR'
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the Hindi India patriot films?
in reality they get fighter jets shot down by Pakistan
well there is an Indian version of TopGun
Fighter (2024)
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/784651
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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
the Hindi India patriot films?
in reality they get fighter jets shot down by Pakistan
well there is an Indian version of TopGun
Fighter (2024)
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/784651
I can't tell because I'm not up on local politics.
Did they have the balls to name real-life enemies and hostile foreign countries in their movie, or did they puss out like the makers of Top Gun II did and just make it some nebulous possibly Russian, possibly Eastern European, possibly army from alternate dimension enemy force?
Don't get me wrong. I liked Top Gun II. But it's hard to really get invested too deeply in a movie that's taking itself more seriously than Starship Troopers, but has the most generic bad guys you could put on the screen.
Top Gun II proves that with the right people involved you can still make a good movie that includes a lot of combat with a generic enemy force, but not too many of them can pull something like that off.
How many Marvel villains do you remember or care about? Outside of Joker, who really cares about any of DC's villains? Lex Luthor is so played out by now but Superman hasn't put out decent flick since I was born and outside of Smallville he's never really gotten a fair shake on the screen. I fucking love Gene Hackman's portrayal of Lex, but most people I know hated it and I can admit objectively why that is. That was Gene Hackman playing Gene Hackman playing Lex Luthor and having a ton of fun with the role.
In my mind, the only real good villain I've seen outside of the Spiderman franchise in the last 15 years was Killgrave from season 1 of Jessica Jones. And to this day I still say that, outside of the Spiderman franchise and the pre-Afflek era Batman franchise, Jessica Jones season 1 is the best piece of Super Hero media that they've put out there.
I'm pretty sure that they did a great job with Thanos too, or else those movies would not have done anywhere near as well as they did. I never saw the last two Avengers movies though, so I can't really speak to it. Everything I heard about the character and his motivations sound like the building blocks for a great adversary.
One of these days maybe I should watch this movie...?
I'm kind of interested in seeing what kinds of lessons that an outfit like "Bollywood" have learned. Not just from Hollywood, but navigating their own culture, pop culture and politics and how that's reflected in their movies.
Is this just a generic action movie to the max, or do they have something to say?
And going in there not knowing much about Indian culture, would I even catch what they were throwing if they did have messaging in there?
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some positive news from the propaganda world of Britbongistan
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Is this just a generic action movie to the max, or do they have something to say?
Have not seen their TopGun
'RRR' is ok if you can put up with people breaking out into random Dance Performances
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Korean Crime Thriller
https://www.slashfilm.com/1853785/korean-crime-thriller-decision-to-le
ave-streaming-hulu/
"Decision to Leave" is now streaming on Hulu
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I agree with Disparu on this issue. Trump is making a mistake trying to save Hollywood.
I do think it's a funny troll though. After relentless attacks from idiot actors and other idiots out of Hollywood, Trump is the guy trying to save their collective asses.
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there was an attempt by Trump to ban foreign film like Dan Da Dan Evil Eye 2025?
people dont expect 'Demon Slayer' numbers but Japanese are still pushing their cartoon thing
'DanDaDan' Shatters Its Own Record at the Domestic Box Office With New Movie 'Evil Eye'
MBS-Tv JOOY-DTV channel 4, or Mainichi Broadcasting System
over $3 million in the U.S.
https://gkids.com/2025/05/15/tickets-on-sale-and-new-trailer-released-
fordan-da-dan-evil-eye-north-american-theatrical-release/
Running time 93 minutes Country Japan, Language Japanese
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Squid Game 3 - Spoiler Review
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AMC works really hard to make going to the movies terrible
By Colette Bennett | July 1, 2025
https://www.thestreet.com/entertainment/amc-works-really-hard-to-make-
going-to-the-movies-terrible
As streaming media has exploded in popularity over the past few decades, fewer and fewer people have seen the point of getting into the car and going to the movie theater.
Despite being a beloved activity that people have adored for well over a hundred years, going to the movies really isn't what it used to be.
Add up the price of a ticket or two, overpriced concessions, the cost of driving to and from the theater — not to mention the high possibility of loud groups of kids who don't mind talking over the entire movie — and it's just not appealing.
The pandemic hit movie theaters hard, and although America has recovered, the movie theater industry hasn't.
Typically it made between 10 and 11 billion a year before 2020, but since then, it hasn't exceeded more than 8 billion, per data from Box Office Mojo.
One way theaters coped with getting people back in theater seats was to entice them with limited-edition merchandise like themed popcorn buckets, which actually did wonders for their bottom line. AMC alone raked in $65 million from sales of this merchandise.
Now AMC has a new idea to change the theater experience. But unlike its innovative collectible popcorn buckets, this will actually add yet another reason to justify staying home on the couch with Netflix.
Your movie date just got longer
We all go to the movies expecting to see trailers before the show starts, and some people even like it that way, knowing if they're running a bit late, they won't miss the main event.
AMC has decided this is a good thing, and as of July 1, will now show more pre-movie ads than ever, including "as much as" a whopping five minutes of commercials, as well as a new ad called a "Platinum Spot" that will play before the last few movie trailers you see.
Trailers and other promotions can mean the movie doesn't start for 25-30 minutes, according to the AMC website.
The advertising decision comes as the result of an agreement AMC made with the National CineMedia ad network, which is the largest of its kind in the U.S.
Back in 2019, AMC declined using these ads, despite the fact other chains such as Regal adopted them, saying it believed that moviegoers would react "quite negatively" to them.
But it has since pivoted, saying in a June Bloomberg interview, “While AMC was initially reluctant to bring this to our theaters, our competitors have fully participated for more than five years without any direct impact to their attendance."
Why AMC is making this move
AMC has had its share of struggles over the past few years. While it's been slowly recovering since the pandemic, 2024 didn't pan out so well, with AMC reporting a decline in revenue in 2024's Q3 and an attendance decline.
AMC also announced on July 1 that it had entered into a new agreement with its creditors, which will provide $223 million of new money financing that will be used to refinance its debt.
The agreement will also allow AMC to equitize at least $143 million of its current debt, and has the potential to allow the company to equitize as much at $337 million.
Commenters on social media did not take well to the news of the new ads.
"I would like to warn AMC to expect 25-30 years of me never coming back to their theaters," said X user TexasPharmD.
"Just another reason to avoid the movies," X user Laz252 said.
"Stop. I like how they want more people to watch movies, but they're also still making the experience worse," X user 360 No One said.
By Colette Bennett
Colette Bennett is a multi-faceted writer that covers retail, tech, entertainment, and more. Before joining TheStreet, Colette was a Senior Producer for Yahoo! Finance, and prior to that, a reporter for CNN. Also a novelist, her debut "Enter the
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Public Australia and Australian Government tax funded the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, back in the 1930s before the war it would source cable news from around the world for example London.
ABC USA is a different company, NBC Blue Network, Lincoln Square Productions, Disney.
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