Bussard Ramjet
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No, your figures show Chinese movies are not at the very top or dominating of foreign blockbuster box office scenes that are still mainly controlled by U.S. media circles far beyond pure film production. Which no one claimed and you just keep strawmanning with because you have no figures that back up your own claims about the Indian movie industry when called out on your fantasy "facts".
Meanwhile the same figures show the same for Indian movies.
But somehow that doesnt make Indian movies unpopular by the same flawed logic you try to use deny Chinese movie popularity. We all know why.
I only produced figures for the East Asian markets.
The first task as I said for a film industry, indeed any industry, is to satisfy local demand.
In India's highest grossing movies, there are only 4 US movies in the top 50.
In China's box market, 21 are foreign movies in the top 50.
This is despite the fact that China is a heavily censored, restricted market, with all kinds of restrictions on foreign movies.
Similarly, look at China-India trade in movies.
No Chinese movie is even in the top 50 in India, while Dangal is in top 50 in China at number 41.
This is perhaps the very few areas where India has a surplus in trade. Hence, a competitive advantage.
Chinese contemporary culture would have perform much better if there's less censorship. I've seen all kinds of silly reasons why some Chinese dramas/movies are restricted. Period dramas, topics of superstitions, and heck even portraying school bullying gets you a restriction. What a waste of sweat and blood from the production crew.
A very promising movie, which was produced with much fanfare about the Shanghai battle between KMT and Japanese was restricted for the sole reason that it glorified the KMT!!!!
It could have been the Chinese Dunkirk! But no, even fighting a patriotic battle for China can fall foul of censors!