Domestic Territory
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| In one sentence | The United States and Canada, treated together as one region in most movie distribution deals. |
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| Category | Film and Television |
| Related | Foreign Territory, Distribution Rights |
Imagine drawing a single line around your own neighborhood and the one right next door, and treating them as a single "home" zone for the purposes of a lemonade stand competition, separate from every other neighborhood in town.
Movie deals draw a similar line. The domestic territory almost always means the United States and Canada together, treated as one single region for Distribution Rights deals. It is sometimes confusingly just called "U.S." or "North America," even though it specifically includes Canada too.
Fun facts
- Everywhere outside of the domestic territory is simply called the Foreign Territory.
- A movie's domestic and foreign distribution rights are very often sold to completely different companies.
- Calling it "U.S." for short can be a little misleading, since the domestic territory has always included Canada as well.