In the US average ticket price has actually stayed in line with inflation

Of the top 10 box office movies last year 9 were sequels, prequels or remakes. The exception was Wicked, as an adaptation of a very established IP.

Yes we do. Finland has ordered David’s Sling for example.

You know perfectly well that purchasing power per dollar is much lower in Switzerland than any other European country

Swiss military budget is 0.7% of GDP. Probably the smallest in Europe, except for Iceland and the micro-states.