Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3156395-20130412022554/@comment-1895174-20130518041543

The rest of the world representing as much of the gross as one country doesn't seem to be a big deal to you. Not really, no. I mean, there's about 200 countries out there, and one that represents less than 5% of the world population making up roughly 50% of the gross is statistically significant. You're saying that just looking at American numbers is 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. You say that like I'm making an argument. It's just the way the numbers are treated. The people who calculate the statistic and the people whose livelihoods are determined by them treat the American gross just as importantly if not moreso than the worldwide gross. That's definitely changing, but it's not there yet.

If you have a problem with it, you can take it up with Box Office Mojo and the major studios. 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. Because that's Bollywood. Last time I checked, Marvel's never made a film through Bollywood.

But on that, I don't get your point. If Bollywood doesn't care about how much money their films make in the US, why should Hollywood care about how much money their films make in India? It's an American industry standard. Not a worldwide thing. Again, it's a worldwide standard by being an American industry standard. 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. Because they don't track international daily numbers. American theater chains are the only ones who report daily. If you have a problem with it, take it up with your national theater chains. And the national theater chains in every other country that isn't the United States since BOM can't do anything with just one foreign country's daily numbers.

Also, you do realize that the statistic I provided on Punisher: War Zone is the international statistic, right?