Global box office consumption of Hollywood films : explaining inter-country similarities in movie selection

• Main Author: Achikannoo Govindaraju
• Other Authors: Fu Wei-Jen, Wayne
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18862
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examines the cross-country homogeneity of aggregate audience tastes in theatrical consumption of Hollywood films. Drawing on the critical, economic and globalization literatures of the international media trade flow, we hypothesize that world cinematic audiences’ tastes in terms of choosi...