Wednesday, June 9, 2010

This is Cultural Hegemony

According to IMDB, of the 437 top grossing films in markets other than the USA, only 9 were made in a language other than English. That's two percent. Bear in mind that most people probably see the Miyazaki films in their dubbed, English versions. That knocks it down to one percent. What are we to take from this?


FYI, those nine films from highest to lowest gross:

94. Spirited Away $253,800,000

120. Howl's Moving Castle $227,000,000

162 Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis $193,000,000

201. La vita è bella $171,400,000

213. Ponyo $165,100,000

217. Princess Mononoke $163,560,000

347. Amelie $118,900,000

357. Hero $116,000,000

436. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo $100,000,000

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