http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/business/27steal.html?pagewanted=2&ref=worldbusiness

Apparently Hollywood has realized that people other than Americans go to see American-made films. In fact, experts say that many movies gross more abroad than domestically. The international market for American made films is on the rise. For example, American movies made $158 million in China last year, up 38 percent from 2006.

As a result of the modernization of foreign theaters and the increasing demand, Hollywood has been consistently tailoring movies to appeal to international crowds by simplifying the content of the pictures and increasing the amount of destruction. While demand abroad is rising and New York City's skyline is falling, Hollywood's numbers are swelling, and domestic demand remains constant.