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...Alone at the Ballot Box...
...Even as the North American box office flattens out, production costs are on the rise, taking bigger bites out of profit. The Weinsteins' Grindhouse cost $53 million to make, according to a Variety source, but made just over half of that at the box office. One way to cut down on costs is to decamp to Asia, where a large labor force with technical skills will work for less. More American filmmakers are flying to Thailand, Indonesia, and even China - where government guidelines are still a hindrance - to shoot films they might once have shot in California or Toronto...
...Asian films also attract local audiences, and the Weinsteins have watched the film market in Asia become the world's fastest growing. Ten years ago, North American box office tallies outpaced international earnings. "That's now absolutely shifted," explains TWC co-president Michael Cole, who will shuttle between Hollywood and the fund office in Hong Kong...
...China's box office grows at a rate of over 30% per year and India is second to Hollywood in terms of the number of films produced. This year, Disney released its first project tailored for China - a cartoon shot in Mandarin; in July, Warner Brothers and Sony announced a project to build multiplexes in South Asia; and Price Waterhouse Coopers estimated that Asia's film industry would increase by 6% annually, reaching $104 billion...
...sport." Another tedium tactic is to take extra time between points. "He's a rhythmic kind of player," says ex-pro Barry MacKay, a veteran TV commentator. "He likes to have things moving along at a certain pace. It's like a batter stepping out of a batter's box against a great pitcher. You're saying, 'Hey, this guy is not in charge...