Meet the New Breed of South African Entrepreneurs

South Africa (pictured) has long been looked upon as an unstable business environment. Not for long. Meet the new breed of South African entrepreneurs who are optimistic that they can change perceptions and climb the industrial ladder.

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South Africa: Overview

Play Globally

The American brand of humor in movies is attempting to play globally. The rising clout of international audiences is a sea change for Hollywood. Studio executives look more than ever toward foreign box office appeal when making a movie.

Why? Because foreign ticket sales represent nearly 68% of the roughly $32 billion global film market, up from roughly 58% a decade ago, according to Screen Digest Cinema Intelligence Service (global media intelligence).

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World-wide ticket sales, by country.

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