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minus-squareFurbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 hours agoThat’s a good question. Everything is digital nowadays, so it’s not like we’re getting film reels from Bollywood. If I had to wager a guess, the cinemas would probably be paying the tariff at the time of acquiring the license to show the film.
minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 hours agoOr more likely the streaming service. How much of Netflix/Prime/Apple/Hulu’s library is shot outside the contiguous US? How much is entirely foreign everything except funding and profits?
That’s a good question. Everything is digital nowadays, so it’s not like we’re getting film reels from Bollywood.
If I had to wager a guess, the cinemas would probably be paying the tariff at the time of acquiring the license to show the film.
Or more likely the streaming service. How much of Netflix/Prime/Apple/Hulu’s library is shot outside the contiguous US? How much is entirely foreign everything except funding and profits?