blogospheroid comments on New Year's Predictions Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: blogospheroid 02 January 2010 11:45:25AM 2 points [-]

Atleast one asian movie will exceed $400 mn in worldwide box office gross before the end of the decade.

It will most probably not be a wuxia movie. My guess of its genre is urban action or speculative fiction.

Comment author: rahul 03 January 2011 07:36:10AM 0 points [-]

I agree. I especially see a lot of convergence in present day mainstream Bollywood cinema with conventional blockbuster Hollywood fare in terms of both plots and production values. So expect a Moulin Rouge-like crossover musical in English with a major Hollywood box-office draw, an Indian model female lead, rags-to-riches storyline, Inception-like action sequences and CGI by studios in Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Comment author: gwern 24 August 2010 11:02:35AM 0 points [-]

http://predictionbook.com/predictions/1708

Seems like a solid prediction. 2020 allows a lot of growth in China & India, and Bollywood-style movies already play well in the West - look at Slumdog Millionaire which nearly grossed $400M, despite being a British film on Indian matters.