Movies in General
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Hollywood gets to keep a significantly larger percentage of money from the domestic box office.
I quite enjoyed the movie, but not as much as Tarantino’s other films. Kurt Russell’s presence reminded me of John Carpenters horror film “The Thing” which he had a part in. This is based in the Antartic with several men confined to a hut during a blizzard I think with one amongst them not being what he claimed to be and just like the” Hateful Eight ”paranoia starts to develop in the group. Kurt Russell also played a similar role in “The Thing”with his involvement in winding out the guide rope
That's because if they have too many Oriental males in leading, non-stereotypical roles they risk losing the domestic audience, which constitutes a significantly larger portion of the box office return. Movie studios only rely on the China market to either puff up the overall International Box Office number (Iron Man 3 or save a movie that failed domestically (Terminator Genysis).
Equation
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True, but the Chinese box office will soon become the biggest in the world. It would be prudence for Hollywood to cater to a larger Chinese audience business wise or else risk losing profits. It will be a continuing balance that from now on for Hollywood and other film makers to juggle the growing Chinese audience demand along with the needs of the domestic audiences.
In the end it all boils down to numbers though. China currently only allows Hollywood to take 15-20% of the cut. Unless the Chinese box office is four to five times bigger than the domestic one, domestic considerations will still take precedence.
AssassinsMace
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Hollywood's cut is 25% from the Chinese box office for their movies unless it gets co-production status which then it rises to 50%. That's a rarity. I believe Kung Fu Panda 3 got co-production status.
It pretty much comes down to cultural differences to why you will never see a lot of Asians in Hollywood movies especially in prominent roles despite how much money is made from Asia. You might see in the future Hollywood involved in Asia only movies but not international audience movies. Hollywood is a propaganda machine first and foremost. It promotes Western culture. Earlier I wrote about the industry of celebrity. A lot of people in Hollywood depend on their actor they work for to be successful because they make money from that. They don't make money from the competition especially someone from a non-English speaking country. These people will naturally whether intentional or not work against people they can never make money from because they're culturally different and don't know how to market them.
Then on the other end Asian actors culturally are not like Western English speaking actors. Hero characters in Hollywood movies are individualistic and are usually acting against the mainstream of society. That's what makes them stand out. Those are cultural taboos in a lot of Asian countries. It's okay for a Westerner to be individualistic but portraying a Chinese actor to be individualistic going against the grain... Hollywood is not going to make a movie where an Asian character alone goes against Western society nor will they make one where an Asian goes against Asian society because both of their respective cultures wouldn't like that.
It pretty much comes down to cultural differences to why you will never see a lot of Asians in Hollywood movies especially in prominent roles despite how much money is made from Asia. You might see in the future Hollywood involved in Asia only movies but not international audience movies. Hollywood is a propaganda machine first and foremost. It promotes Western culture. Earlier I wrote about the industry of celebrity. A lot of people in Hollywood depend on their actor they work for to be successful because they make money from that. They don't make money from the competition especially someone from a non-English speaking country. These people will naturally whether intentional or not work against people they can never make money from because they're culturally different and don't know how to market them.
Then on the other end Asian actors culturally are not like Western English speaking actors. Hero characters in Hollywood movies are individualistic and are usually acting against the mainstream of society. That's what makes them stand out. Those are cultural taboos in a lot of Asian countries. It's okay for a Westerner to be individualistic but portraying a Chinese actor to be individualistic going against the grain... Hollywood is not going to make a movie where an Asian character alone goes against Western society nor will they make one where an Asian goes against Asian society because both of their respective cultures wouldn't like that.
I wonder if the international best selling novel “Shogun” and the TV mini series based on the book would have been as successful or more if it happened in 2016? In my father’s opinion the TV series aimed at a Western audience, gave a lot of exposure for Asian actors.
OT Many Asians, primarily Chinese achieve excellence in playing Western musical instruments and classical music and have a central role in those countries orchestras. How come they haven’t been able to make the same break through with rock bands and pop music.
OT Many Asians, primarily Chinese achieve excellence in playing Western musical instruments and classical music and have a central role in those countries orchestras. How come they haven’t been able to make the same break through with rock bands and pop music.
Many of them got into orchestras and bands because their parents forced them at an early age so that their college applications would look better. Unfortunately, their "hobby" became a career, much to their parents' chagrin.