US movies with higher theatrical revenues from a single non US country than US revenues themselves

[Olive]

47 Ronin will be next one.

[Tower]

47 Ronin will be next one.

 

In what country?

[Olive]

In what country?

China and Japan could both be bigger than DOM.

[Tower]

China and Japan could both be bigger than DOM.

 

Eh, I think we have been through this with Japan with PR, Hollywood films that originate in a Japanese property don't necessarily do well in Japan itself. As for China, usually the best performing films tend to have giant robot fights, which this doesn't.

[Olive]

Eh, I think we have been through this with Japan with PR, Hollywood films that originate in a Japanese property don't necessarily do well in Japan itself. As for China, usually the best performing films tend to have giant robot fights, which this doesn't.

47R could pull a Last Samurai n Japan 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

47 will bomb everwhere. 

[mcneil039]

47 Ronin will have a bigger chance to pull a Mummy 3 in China/Japan than PR. For starters it is destined to do badly in China.

[dezorz]

Eh, I think we have been through this with Japan with PR, Hollywood films that originate in a Japanese property don't necessarily do well in Japan itself. As for China, usually the best performing films tend to have giant robot fights, which this doesn't.

resident evil is japanese property and is doing very well in japan.

[Tower]

resident evil is japanese property and is doing very well in japan.

 

It didn't start out popular, it got popular over time.

[Dilusha Bandara]

Yeah, 47 Ronin would be another big bomb.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

JP 3D .... ? If it ever counts ...

[Dilusha Bandara]

Can someone shorten the title of this thread?

[Tower]

Can someone shorten the title of this thread?

 

Why?

It's descriptive.

[lab276]

I don't think you can make it shorter.

[zackzack]

I think "Movies with Higher OS Gross than Domestic" is descriptive enough..

[Tower]

I think "Movies with Higher OS Gross than Domestic" is descriptive enough..

 

That means something completely different, most films have a higher OS gross than domestic.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

That means something completely different, most films have a higher OS gross than domestic.

exactly.

[dezorz]

Escape Plan , US gross approx. 24M, chinesse gross 34M.

[The Toymaker]

For once I am happy to be living in China.

[zackzack]

Escape Plan , US gross approx. 24M, chinesse gross 34M.

 

Can't believe Stallone/Schwarzenegger is still raking it in in China....