Very interesting to see France taking top box office in '24. With a share of 44% French films, that is even more impressive.
Indie Film is indeed picking up worldwide by all accounts!
https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/france-box-office-2024-europe-healthiest-market-1236262703/
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Yes it is, Jack Binder, and it's awesome to see! There is only one territory for distribution and it's the whole world which means great films can come from anywhere now and it's so exciting!
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That is awesome and now Spain is jumping into the mix as well. Folks are shifting away from Hollywood?
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No surprise at all! If there's one country that has always known how to make great films, it's France. One of the reasons I made my short film about Vincent Van Gogh with a French team, not with a Dutch.
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Of course they shift away from Hollywood, Mark. Too many creatives, too late, start to understand that Hollywood is a pipe dream -- for them -- fabricated by... Hollywood. -- through every outlet related to them, making even more money. But now Hollywood, and everyone job related to it, is losing it's grip on the film marked, it itself will be promoting to 'join hands all over the world.' Just smart politics. All of this, in whatever sort of way, is nothing more than a (sometimes miss)calculated numbers game.
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Another solid indicator, not only of the global expansion we speak about here daily and through Stage 32 Certification, but the return of theatrical.
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I would argue Rutger Oosterhoff that the very notion of Hollywood is the problem. Even Hollywood doesn't think Hollywood anymore. They think across the U.S. and international. Shooting in California has declined year over year. That doesn't mean the studios and independents in Hollywood and around town aren't making films and shows, but the deals are not necessarily structured here. The industry is no longer Hollywood, it's the world.
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Absolutely Richard "RB" Botto Theatrical as a marketing and financial lift for films remains a relevant and important window and the numbers back it up. More top filmmakers need to continue to demand theatrical, despite an uphill battle against some of the streamers (Netflix, AppleTV+) refusal to support cinema.
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Agree fully, Jack Binder. There's a very good article on The Wrap today regarding the surge in theatrical and how 2025 projects to be a banner year. Unfortunately, it's behind their paywall or I would post it. But it's just more optimism in what has been a wave of it over the last 4-5 months.