U.S. films remain a hot ticket abroad

December 05, 2007 American motion pictures continue to attract foreign audiences even as the image of the U.S. is tarnished by unpopular polices pushed by the government, according to the head of the studios' trade organization. MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman told the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference in New York on Tuesday that "there is no appreciable diminution" of the overseas appetite for U.S. films "even with the marginalization" of the American culture worldwide. The importance of foreign markets is being recognized by the studios not just for products made in the U.S. and exported, but also for joint ventures the American studios are forming across the globe.

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