[jaimebuelta]

Not sure I follow.

Biggest real action movie last year was “Deadpool & Wolverine”, a Disney movie which was shot in UK and made a bit over 50% of its revenue overseas[1]. Its main stars were Canadian and Australian. Does this mean that you’ll have to pay double to go watch it to cinemas in the US? Will that make Disney to focus on the international market?

[1] https://the-numbers.com/movie/Deadpool-and-Wolverine-(2024)

[JeremyNT]

This guy is obviously senile, so it's pointless to even try to analyse this.

What did he mean when he said this? Who knows - he probably doesn't even remember himself.

What will the resulting policy, if any, actually be? His advisors were probably hearing it for the first time just like the rest of us.

[sorokod]

Probably, but a useful senile. Would be interesting to know whom did he have conversations with on the day of the post.

[DeusExMachina]

Since it's about movies produced overseas, I don't think the nationality of the actors or the overseas revenue counts.

But it probaby counts that it was shot in the UK. The reason why Disney does that is because they get tax breaks from the UK government, which I think it's what Trump is referring to.

[dom96]

So let me get this straight... he's not happy with the UK because of VAT (value added tax) and he's also not happy with the UK because of tax breaks?

Amazing.

[HelloNurse]

There will be exceptions and loopholes for friends, like e.g. for Tesla cars.

[jaimebuelta]

The overseas revenue is important as companies will need to prioritise markets. They don’t want to choose, but if they have to, they’ll prefer to keep 60% of the revenue over 40%. Assuming some sort of reciprocal actions, the risk is making Hollywood “less American”.

[jagermo]

I am not sure they know worth of soft power or how to use it. It's fascinating to watch.