Update: It seems that the tariffs are back to the menu, boys. On September 29, 2025, President Trump announced that films not made in the United States would have 100% tariff. ,Our film making business has been stolen by other countries from the United States, such as stealing candy from a child, ” The President said this morning on the truth social. When this original article was posted, we have no idea how you can tariff a service, as opposite to a raw material, so we do not know if it affects credit, grant, movie ticket prices, blurred costs, or any way, it can affect consumers and workers. Stay for more. The original story is as follows.
Editors’ Note: We wrote this editorial before clarifying the attitude of the White House, but we decided to run the story, because tariff is a bad idea to tariff the film industry.
Since the writing of this article, President Donald Trump has stopped the implementation of 100% tariff on foreign-made films, stating that he would discuss together with members of the film industry to move forward.
The original story is as follows:
Another day, another crazy title, and this time, it includes the film industry, so you know that we have to write about it. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump took his true social stage And declared All films not made in USA will have 100% tariff.
Trump wrote, “The film industry in America is dying very fast.” “Other countries are offering all kinds of encouragement to attract our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the United States are being destroyed. I am the tariffs on any and all films coming to our country which are produced in foreign land.
There is a lot to unpack with his plan. First, it is not clear whether they mean American-made films that shoot abroad or not. But his words mean that they do not like it, using the incentive to attract filmmakers away from the US, but every film has not to be the US to ensure the US, there are sets and studios, but you can do a lot by shooting at the location. John Vik: Chapter 4 Large -scale was shot in France and Japan, and you have received a degree of authenticity that you cannot repeat in a studio or against a green screen. Warner Bros., similarly, shoots Harry Potter Films and upcoming HBO television series in the UK, despite being American production. Does he expects everyone to move only to LA and film on a lot? Interestingly, he did not mention television in his post, despite the fact that both industries work a lot in terms of production these days. Similarly, distributors can think twice about buying a film rights at a film festival if they would implement 100% tariff as it was filmed abroad. For example, Indie films or anime are not good for films. Similarly, how it affects someone like Netflix, which raises a lot of projects from abroad, including a large platform for projects from South Korea or France, such as DistinctHow will these tariffs work for streamters, who charge monthly or annual rates for the entire catalog?
There are encouragement to shoot abroad, but this is because the film (and television) is now such a global network. You can produce in states, but visual effects are often made around the world and shooting at places like many, there are often taxes or credits to bring projects abroad, thus the cost for American studios that manufacture the project decreases.
It is also wild that it calls the film industry a promotion of other nations and thus, a national security threat, and its knee-jerk is to apply a tariff. They were given tariff privileges to combat Phentineyl with emergency powers, but I do not see how the film industry belongs to drug trade. The American film industry is also not dying. While the number is low, as they are globally, Hollywood is still one of the largest revenue earnings in the industry, India and China exchange spots for the number one market with the US over the years. But foreign films are never a large -scale blockbuster hit in America, so it is not that they are eating in the domestic market. case in point: Godzilla Minus OneWhich earned a total of $ 57 million, while Thunderbolts* Domesticly raked at $ 71 million in its early weekends alone.
Naturally, Netflix, Warner and Disney’s choice is stock value Dropped Since the announcement. Senior Advisor Bob Salade for communication by California Governor Gavin Newsom said statement He, “We believe that they have no right to impose tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Forces Act, as Tariff is not listed as a measure under that law, ”Time will tell if this tariff moves forward and if other countries will be vengerated.
In an additional response, California governor Gavin Newsom posted a more consent message in his X account: “California produced the film industry – and we are ready to bring even more jobs home. We have proved what strong states can do incentives. Now it’s time to rebuild America film for a real federal partnership. @Potus, let’s complete it.”
Many things are still uncertain. We will update this article as the news develops
