Cannes: Hollywood Drives Europe to All-Time $8.2 Billion Box Office High

Whether that is a sign of vitality or producers needing to turn to partners to make movies is another question.

Stalling for much of the decade, European international co-productions powered up in 2015 to account for 24% of all films produced.

18 of the top 20 highest–grossing movies in the E.U. last year were made by U.S. studios.