Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3156395-20130412022554/@comment-3317214-20130518022025

One country representing as much of the gross as the rest of the world combined doesn't seem to be a big deal to you. The rest of the world representing as much of the gross as one country doesn't seem to be a big deal to you.

Considering how large the American movie industry dominates the global movie industry, American standards are worldwide standards. Or do you have a problem that opera terms are in Italian? Opera's a bad example. If you're talking about lyrics, there are many German, French, Russian operas, etc. If you're talking about the musical terminology, then yes, a large amount of terms provided on sheet music are in Italian. That's because the Italians did it first, and there was no point in inventing an entirely new musical vocabulary for other languages. But that's all about the language it's presented in.

With film, you're talking about a totally different thing: just looking at American numbers being the worldwide industry standard. Yes, there are many good reasons for using American numbers, especially considering how much America dominates the market, but it's not a worldwide concept.

The commercial success of an Indian film isn't measured by how much money it makes in the US. Likewise, Indian people probably aren't overly concerned by how much money American films make in the US.

It's an American industry standard. Not a worldwide thing.

I did tell you when I was talking American numbers. The sentence started with "On the domestic front, ..." Box Office Mojo makes it clear as well. LoveWaffle wrote: Punisher: War Zone made just over $10 million on a $35 million budget. Also, a quick look at the daily and franchises tables on BOM implies otherwise. I can't see the words "domestic", or "US", or anything telling me that the grosses they're talking about are domestic.