ASSIGNMENT+8,+11.15.10


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FOREIGN AUDIENCES ARE PLAYING A BROADER ROLE IN DETERMINING WHAT KINDS OF MOVIES GET MADE IN HOLLYWOOD. FOREIGN TICKET SALES REPRESENT NEARLY 68% OF THE ROUGHLY $32 BILLION GLOBAL FILM MARKET, UP FROM ROUGHLY 58% A DECADE AGO. THE RISING IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOX GROWING ECONOMIES ABROAD AND THE DECLINE OF HOME-VIDEO SALES IN THE US.

1. HOW ARE SOME MOVIE STUDIOS RETOOLING THEIR PRODUCTIONS TO SUIT FOREIGN TASTES?

2. HOW DID PARAMOUNT MAKE SURE ITS 2009 SUMMER RELEASE "G.I. JOE" WAS A SUCCESS WITH INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES? HOW DID THE MOVIE GO?

3. WHAT DIFFERENCES ARE THERE BETWEEN AMERICAN MOVIE AUDIENCES AND INTERNATINAL MOVIE AUDIENCES?