Chapter 1. LaunchPad for Media and Culture 11e

International Box Office Revenues

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Author Names:

Christopher R. Martin and Bettina Fabos

Activity Objective:

Students will use the steps of the critical process to examine the effects of international box office revenues on domestic filmmaking decisions.

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Description

Visit boxofficeguru.com and click "International" to view the list of Worldwide Box Office Grosses. The recent films are ranked according to their worldwide (domestic plus international) box office gross revenue. Split the class into two groups.

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  • The first group should look for those films which received 70 percent or more of their gross box office revenue from foreign sources.
  • The second group should look for those films which received less than 50 percent of their revenue from foreign sources (i.e., more than 50 percent of their revenue from domestic box office).

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Analysis

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Interpretation

Why do some Hollywood films “export” better than others?

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Evaluation

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