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Anonymous wrote:

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He's saying that if you make a movie elsewhere, doesn't matter where the director is from, the movie will be taxed when shown in the US. Another way to stick it to the taxpayers.

But, um, how does that work when the film distributors get paid based upon a percentage of boxoffice revenue? Normal film rental paid by cinemas in the US is ~50-55%. Does the percentage go up?

They would have to apply tax to the distribution, which would be pushed on to the consumer.

A PP had it right, movie theaters would have to charge "foreign" films more, but not sure how they would do that for movies that shoot partly in the US and partly in another country. Who would determine that the movie is 51% made in USA so the tariff would not apply.

Trump is truly f*n bizarre and stupid.

Well, tbh most people watch movies at home, but in theaters.
He must have played golf with some weirdos over the weekend.

so there's another point. Streaming companies would have sell the made in USA movies at one price, and foreign made films at another price. That would include rentals, I presume. Seriously bizarre.

Anonymous wrote:Literally every tv show and movie I see is not filmed in the USA. It’s fairly ugly here, and the stories won’t look right unless elaborate sets are built.
Will this make the new downtown movie more expensive to watch?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought California liked fees, taxes and government funding

And I thought Rs hated tax. Hm.. we live in the upside down world, I guess. Trump is telling you that the sky is green, and you are agreeing with him as you look at the blue sky. Or, I guess he is telling you "Don't look up" (pun), and so you don't.

Trump has traded places GOP are now the Dems and vice versa

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

He's saying that if you make a movie elsewhere, doesn't matter where the director is from, the movie will be taxed when shown in the US. Another way to stick it to the taxpayers.

But, um, how does that work when the film distributors get paid based upon a percentage of boxoffice revenue? Normal film rental paid by cinemas in the US is ~50-55%. Does the percentage go up?

They would have to apply tax to the distribution, which would be pushed on to the consumer.

A PP had it right, movie theaters would have to charge "foreign" films more, but not sure how they would do that for movies that shoot partly in the US and partly in another country. Who would determine that the movie is 51% made in USA so the tariff would not apply.

Trump is truly f*n bizarre and stupid.

Well, tbh most people watch movies at home, but in theaters.
He must have played golf with some weirdos over the weekend.

Anonymous wrote:Trump is just jelly because the movie industry has always hated him. He's probably hoping this move will convince them to grovel at his feet and beg him to be in their movies.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought California liked fees, taxes and government funding

And I thought Rs hated tax. Hm.. we live in the upside down world, I guess. Trump is telling you that the sky is green, and you are agreeing with him as you look at the blue sky. Or, I guess he is telling you "Don't look up" (pun), and so you don't.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

He's saying that if you make a movie elsewhere, doesn't matter where the director is from, the movie will be taxed when shown in the US. Another way to stick it to the taxpayers.

But, um, how does that work when the film distributors get paid based upon a percentage of boxoffice revenue? Normal film rental paid by cinemas in the US is ~50-55%. Does the percentage go up?

They would have to apply tax to the distribution, which would be pushed on to the consumer.

A PP had it right, movie theaters would have to charge "foreign" films more, but not sure how they would do that for movies that shoot partly in the US and partly in another country. Who would determine that the movie is 51% made in USA so the tariff would not apply.

Trump is truly f*n bizarre and stupid.

Anonymous wrote:I thought California liked fees, taxes and government funding

Anonymous wrote:I thought California liked fees, taxes and government funding

Anonymous wrote:

He's saying that if you make a movie elsewhere, doesn't matter where the director is from, the movie will be taxed when shown in the US. Another way to stick it to the taxpayers.

But, um, how does that work when the film distributors get paid based upon a percentage of boxoffice revenue? Normal film rental paid by cinemas in the US is ~50-55%. Does the percentage go up?