Do Australians watch American movies?

Question

I have three questions:

1. I've heard American movies, TV shows, and songs are popular in Australia. Is that true?

2. Is the Australian movie industry, if there is one, pressured by heavy marketing on part of the Americans?

3. Why is the Australian movie industry (again, assuming there is one) not as powerful as Hollywood or Bollywood?

Answer 1

Hey, we finally got the power on here in Australia last year, so now we can watch all your American movies.....lol....

Answer 2

1.yes it is true that American movies, TV shows, and songs are popular in Australia for eg the simpsons,friends,csi,house and despret house wives are vey popular.

2.yes there is an australian movie indestry and yes it is being presserd by hollywood

3.the film indstry is not as big as holly wood or bollywood because the are thy to compete with hollywood and they cant because it is only very small compared to others.

Answer 3

90% of our media is from America , so yeah i guess it is pressured by marketing from the Americans. i have no clue why its not as big as Hollywood ,  maybe a culture thing , Australia's only really around 100 years old

Answer 4

American movies, TV shows and songs are all very popular in Australia. TV shows in particular are usually about a season behind the US, but we eventually get them and they dominate Australian TV even though we do have a lot of good quality TV production here. Movies usually release a few months after US release.

We have a thriving movie industry, but having such a small population makes it difficult to finance anything with a really big budget. Australian films are fairly widely shown, but the huge marketing pressure from American studios makes it virtually impossible for our films to be released on nearly as many screens as American films so they never enjoy the same success as films from the US.

Many US movies are filmed here as our film professionals are highly respected and filming here is cheaper than in the US. There are also large numbers of Australian film professionals working in America and other places overseas.

I think I've answered your question about why our movie industry isn't as powerful as the others, but you only need to compare our 22 million population to the others to have the point driven home.

Answer 5

Of course there is a movie industry in Australia.  An Australian owns FOX.  Murdoch is Australian!

Answer 6

Our tv, and cinemas, dvds etc.. are flooded with american shows..

There are a few Australian tv shows, and movies.. But American is what most people see most.