Why US movies often released earlier in Asia than other continents?
I noticed a lot of US movies especially big budget type are often released earlier in Asia. Why is it so? For example, Thor movie will be released on 28 April 2011 in one of the Asia countries, however in US, the movie will be released on 6 May 2011.
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Simply because the movie originated from Us,therefor,they have the right to watch it first. If you bought a pizza,would you let your friends eat first?
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Ehhh... it's actually to counter pirating the movie. You see, if you show it in Asia first then there's a higher chance many will go to theatres to see it, but if you show it first in the US then illegal pirating individuals would've leaked the movie online and nobody needs to pay to see the movie any more. That's not to say pirating does not exist in the US, but some Asian countries do have loose copyright protection policies .....
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