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One in an occasional series exploring the state of Hollywood films in global markets. The French are the biggest movie-goers in Europe, they have the highest number of screens per capita (one per 31 persons) and young people go more often than older ones.

Beginning in 1952 when the Cecil B. DeMille Award was presented to its namesake visionary director, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has awarded its most prestigious prize 66 times.

After collecting one of the most coveted awards of the Fall festival season – Venice’s Golden Lion – and surviving an ocean of controversy, Warner Bros’ Joker broke the October box office records, taking $ 96 million from 4, 374 theaters in the US and Canada, and $ 140. 5 million from 73 overseas markets, for a worldwide take of $ 247 million.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actresses, actors and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over 10,000  items - is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

Zoya Akhtar has made a name for herself in mainstream Bollywood, She is the only female director to have a string of very successful movies, and now the stars that turned her down in her early career would gladly work for her. Her latest film Gully Boy is India’s entry in the Oscar race as well as being submitted to be considered for the Golden Globe Awards.

One in an occasional series exploring the state of Hollywood films in global markets. For its diminutive size, South Korea is the fourth largest movie market for box office revenue, and the fifth in terms of box office admissions, although there are arguments on Reddit for South Koreans being the top movie ticket buyers in the world outside of the US.

Todd Phillips has unknowingly worked towards Joker his entire career. “I think that’s a good way of putting it.

2019 has been a golden year for Arab cinema. A record number of films from Arab countries were premiered in major international film festivals, such as Berlin, Cannes, Venice, and Toronto, and collected an unprecedented number of accolades.

Beginning in 1952 when the Cecil B. deMille Award was presented to its namesake visionary director, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has awarded its most prestigious prize 66 times.

Universal and DreamWorks’ Abominable took the top spot on the overall global chart with $29. 65 million.