We're use to seeing films in english without subtitles in the theaters and rightly so.
Rightly so? I personally think Americans would benefit enormously from having exposure to a wider range of films from a wider range of countries. It's not that Americans are dumb or lazy or anything like that - it's just that many have a tendency to be somewhat insular. Watching films from around the world tends to give you slightly more perspective, and to increase your awareness of cultures other than your own.
It'd be great if accessible and entertaining non-American films like
A Separation and
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and
Persepolis and
The Edge of Heaven were to play in multiplexes across America. Those are some of the greatest films of the last ten years, and not particularly difficult to understand or appreciate - yet a vast majority of Americans are completely unaware of them.
If another non-english country put out almost a 100% of the theatrical releases for the rest of the world than their native language would be the norm.
Wait, what?
Hollywood movies almost inevitably make the most money, but they're certainly not responsible for anything like 100% of theatrical releases. Pretty much every country has its own film industry. If you go to France, a large portion of the movies playing in theaters will be movies in French made in France. If you go to Japan or South Korea or India or Nepal it'll be the same.
Other countries have gotten use to subtitles or dubbing or know english because the US is the country making the majority of films.
Well no, not as much.
Hollywood is one of the most productive film producers, and their films tend to be shown around the world - but as I said above, every country also has its own industry. Germany produces its own films, Russia produces its own films, Iran produces its own films, South Africa produces its own films... Add those all together, and they far outweigh the films made in Hollywood.
So no, Hollywood doesn't make anything like the majority of films.
Based on your post, I think you'd be very surprised to learn the real state of contemporary film - there's a whole world of cinema out there that you're not seeing and that you're apparently not aware of. A lot of it is crap, but there's also a lot of great stuff to be found too.
I suppose on a clear day you can see the class struggle from here
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