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Anthony Kim18 said:Look, when it comes to American movies, I don't think you can find anything better anywhere else.
Maybe in Italy, Germany, or at most France, but even then,
American films still pull more crowds than their own local stuff.
I’m not saying that American movies aren't the top watched globally, I just mean that it feels like nowhere else hits quite this specific percentage.
Just to give you a rough caricature of how it looks:
Germany - 55% American
France - 62% American
Italy - 72% American
Romania - 61% American
Czech Republic - 45% American
Poland - 81% American
Iran - 12% American
Thailand - 34% American..
..(and so on)..
USA - 95% American
I guess people here don't really have an accurate idea of what actually gets watched in different parts of Europe. For instance, the circle of countries where German is the official language—like Germany, Austria, and Switzerland—broadcasts a massive amount of German cinema, and neighboring countries pick up a lot of that too. Like in Slovakia or the Czech Republic, you see plenty of German series and movies on TV, even during prime time. Then on the flip side, you have this whole cluster of Francophone nations with huge production industries that buy content from one another (like Romania buying from France).
Back home, CBS tried to push some German products into the lineup, but it just didn't stick, I suppose. Part of it was probably the language barrier—unlike much of Central Europe, we rely on subtitles, so we aren't really used to anything besides English—but it was also because those shows were just so different from what we're accustomed to, which is that classic American style and American themes.
I'll say it again; even though I haven't done any "scientific" research or anything, just from my own experiences traveling through Europe, I've concluded that we are incredibly, intensely Americanized, maybe even more so than everyone else.