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10. Mexico - Mexico's film industry makes $800 million per year, making it the tenth-most profitable industry in the world.  

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Movies - The most profitable Mexican movies of all time are 'We Are the Nobles' and 'The Crime of Father Amaro.' But Mexican co-productions like 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'Babel' are internationally well known.

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Mexican film makers and actors - Guillermo del Toro, Gael García Bernal, Salma Hayek, and Jacob Vargas are all from Mexico.

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9. Australia - The Australian film industry brings in $900 million per year, making it the ninth-highest grossing film industry in the world. 

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Movies - The 'Mad Max' franchise is probably the country's most well-known, though 'The Babadook,' 'Babe,' and 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' are all Aussie productions.

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Famous actors - Nicole Kidman, Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, and Eric Bana are all Australian.

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8. Germany - The German film industry makes $1.1 billion every year, making it the eighth-biggest film industry in the world.

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Movies - German film has been prevalent since the invention of the camera, and movies like 'Run Lola Run,' 'Metropolis,' and 'The Lives of Others' have influenced the world's approach to cinema.

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Directors and actors - Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Werner Herzog, and Franka Potente are all German.

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7. South Korea - The South Korean film industry makes $1.5 billion per year, making it the seventh-most profitable movie industry in the world. 

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Films - South Korea's unique style of filmmaking has produced 'Oldboy,' 'Train to Busan,' 'Okja,' and 'A Tale of Two Sisters,' opening up an entirely new world to viewers from other countries.

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Trending stars - The biggest stars in South Korean film right now are Gang-ho Song, Doona Bae (pictured), Min-sik Choi, and Min-hee Kim.

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6. France - The French film industry makes $1.6 billion per year, making it the sixth-biggest film industry in the world. 

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Movies - French cinema has its own special flavor, releasing such marvelous tales as 'Amelie,' 'Chocolat,' and 'Cyrano de Bergerac.'

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5. India - India's film industry makes $1.9 billion per year, making it the fifth-most profitable industry in the world. 

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Bollywood flicks - 'Slumdog Millionaire,' '3 Idiots,' and 'Rang De Basanti' are all big Bollywood box-office successes.

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Stars - Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, and Deepika Padukone are all big-time Bollywood stars.

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4. Japan - The Japanese film industry makes $2 billion per year, making it the fourth-biggest film industry in the world.

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Movies - Japan has one of the longest-running and most diverse movie cultures on the planet, turning out 'Spirited Away,' 'Rashomon,' 'The Ring,' and 'Godzilla.'

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Legends and stars - Akira Kurosawa, regarded as one of the most legendary directors to ever live, was Japanese, but current stars include Haruma Miura, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, and Keiko Kitagawa.

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3. United Kingdom - British cinema makes $6.5 billion per year, making it the third-biggest in the world. 

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Cinema - Movies like 'Trainspotting,' 'A Clockwork Orange,' and the 'James Bond' series have helped craft a truly distinct style of film in Britain.

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Famous - Idris Elba, Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Sean Connery and Helen Mirren are all British.

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2. China - The Chinese film industry makes $6.6 billion per year, making it the second-biggest film industry in the world.

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Films - Outside of China, the country's martial arts films are best known, like 'Kung Fu Hustle,' 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' and 'Enter the Dragon.'

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Famous actors - Bruce Lee, Fan Bingbing, Jet Li, Jay Chou, and Gong Li are all prolific actors in China and in other countries.

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1. US and Canada - Perhaps unsurprisingly, the American film industry is the biggest in the world, making $11.4 billion per year. The US and Canada's film industries are counted together, as a singular box office.

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Movies - The top nine highest-grossing films internationally in 2018 were American, with 'Avengers: Infinity War,' 'Black Panther,' and 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' taking the top three spots.

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Stars - George Clooney, Dwayne Johnson, and Robert Downey Jr. are the highest-paid American actors, while Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, and Jennifer Aniston were the highest-paid actresses.

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