From the hot discussion of the times caused by "Avatar" to the empty alleys after the release of "Span1span Avengers 4 ", American movies have now taken root in China and have a very good fan base. The relaxation of movies, this kind of enthusiasm, is still continuing. With the rapid growth of American movies and the box office in the global market, American movies have become more and more of a feeling of becoming "world movies". How much is the American film industry? How powerful?
The United States is the kingdom of movies. Today, the movie entertainment industry is already one of the pillar industries in the United States. Among them, the most eye-catching is Hollywood, the movie dream factory. Popularity is different. The early development of the film industry in the United States has nothing to do with Hollywood. New York is the origin of American movies, and this needs to be said that the celebrity of Edison’s era, in the 1890s, Edison invented Movie mirrors and the creation of a "carriage" photography field are regarded as the beginning of American film history.
In 1896, the introduction of the Vita projector pushed American movies to the public. Edison was a very economically minded inventor. The appearance of the projector made him smell a lot of business opportunities. Relying on this patented technology, He set up a film trust organization to allow film companies to pay copyright fees, and reached an agreement with Eastman Keda, the franchise of film films, requiring only patent company members to buy, otherwise he would face court litigation. Therefore, he waited until 1910. By the time of 1999, the film patent company had a de facto monopoly on the production, distribution and screening of American films.
So the first film center in the United States was in New York. Films are urban civilians who need mass entertainment. This means that films have an agglomeration effect. If the population base is not large enough, films cannot generate income. , And New York can meet this, and therefore a large number of film industries began to settle in New York.
If there is no Edison,New York is actually very likely to become " film dreamworks", but the high patent fees forced independent filmmakers to stay away from New York and start struggling to develop elsewhere. Los Angeles was under the control of many people. At one point, Los Angeles at that time had become a small city with a population of 100,000, and it was far away from the control of patent companies and close to the Mexican border. Once prosecuted for patent infringement, filmmakers could flee immediately. Therefore, gradually Some film companies came to Los Angeles.
And 11 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles is Hollywood, but it was originally a small village with a population of 500. In 1907, the famous director Francis Boggs came to Los Angeles to film " Count of Monte Cristo_ "Span2span", during the framing process, I caught the beauty of Hollywood’s Feng Shui. I shot this film here. Because of the good response, I made a few more movies here, all of which were successful, and Hollywood gradually became famous. , More and more film companies come here.
In 1910, Hollywood residents voted to join, Los Angeles, after that, began to be tilted by resources, and then created the film industry.
is different from the gradual decline of New York movies. In the 1920s, Edison's trust organization was convicted of breaking the law and the New York film industry collapsed. On the contrary, the vitality of Hollywood became more and more sufficient.
By 1935, the American Rockefeller Consortium and the Morgan Consortium had already controlled the eight major Hollywood companies. With the economic background, these eight companies began to expand their strengths, recruiting talents, and strong financial support. Rightly speaking, it became the center of American cinema.
In the future, Hollywood became the first place in the western United States to have commercial TV stations, and began to enter the production of TV dramas. Later, the music industry also began to enter Hollywood. So far, Hollywood has become a colorful area, fashion, video, Pronouns such as celebrities have been embedded in American culture and have produced many humorous social features.
After the 1960s, hundreds of handsome men and women came to Hollywood to develop. They all worked as coffee waiters, hoping that coffee directors and producers could discover their talents , But wanting to get ahead here is too slim. Many end up spending all their money to become wanderers. What's interesting is that wanderers in Hollywood are much more attractive than other places.
After the 1980s, the cultural industry began to go overseas, and American movies began to enter the world. Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, Universal and Warner became the best among them, produced a large number of movies, and began to deliver To every country in the world.
From developed countries to developing countries, from Europe to Asia, American movies are gradually being seen, and the United States pays more attention to those rapidly developing economies, such as China, which is now American movies, which is very important overseas market.
So how much money can American movies make in a year?
According to data from the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA, in 1980, the box office in North America was 2.749 billion U.S. dollars, which increased to 5.033 billion U.S. dollars in 1990. In 2018, the total domestic box office revenue in the United States reached 11.88 billion U.S. dollars, and in 2019, it reached 11.26 billion U.S. dollars again.
In fact, if you look at the box office alone, the industry is not particularly high, but you need to realize that this is only the domestic box office in the United States, and the global overseas data is even more exaggerated.
According to the American Motion Picture Association in 2009, the total box office of American films overseas reached 29.9 billion US dollars that year. In 2016, the US overseas box office reached 18.3 billion US dollars, which is 1.6 times the domestic box office. With the export of American culture, the world has become the main base of American movies.
According to statistics, the output value of American film exports is second only to the aviation industry, occupying 80% of the global film market and becoming the well-deserved "king of movies."However, the box office is not the only source of income for the American film industry.
Generally speaking, the revenue of American movies can be divided into three stages, the first is the box office, and the second is the original products, video tapes, TV broadcasting rights and other movie-related derivative products, while clothing, toys and other entities Commodities constitute the third round of income. Among them, the second and third rounds of income are actually the most important.
Take Disney as an example. Disney’s early film revenue was US$1.6 billion. As a film company that made its debut with cartoons, it would definitely not make money if it only relied on the box office, but if you add Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and other image toys and clothing, as well as the theme park that was established later, the situation is different. At present, Disney's physical industry attracts global tourists. This part of the income is actually the Disney film industry, which makes money. The essential.
Ten million be underestimated the income of this part. It is understood that the total income of Hollywood exports is equivalent to the entire income of the largest oil exporting country from selling oil.
This is like a train. The box office is a locomotive. Only when the locomotive is aggressive can it promote the sales of subsequent derivative products and bring more benefits.
However, in fact, "money" is not the main reason why the United States supports film exports. The more critical reason is that the United States wants to use film exports to achieve the purpose of cultural export, and ultimately allow American culture to spread to all countries. People yearn for American culture. The Russian scholar Ye Ann Struzkova pointed out the connection between the film industry and national security in "World Socialism Studies".
He pointed out that Western countries led by the United States are using movies to launch a silent war on the world, so that people from all countries can become fans of American values. The United States invades the information space and inculcates Western values. In stages, the movie is one part of this, and it is a very important one, and ultimately achieves the goal of the United States to dominate the world.
It’s a matter of opinion on how to treat such a statement, but the United States is indeed using the film industry,Sending American culture to the world, but this is not to say that you should not watch American movies.
Culture has its essence and dross. What we should do is to firm up Chinese values under different national conditions, know what is right and what is wrong, and don’t become a puppet of foreign culture. It’s enough. I don’t know you. How to treat this matter? Welcome to leave your opinion.
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