Film industry

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The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of <a href="/facts/Filmmaking/GL8DJm3W">filmmaking</a>, i.e., film <a href="/facts/Production_company/daLRqFqQ">production companies</a>, <a href="/facts/Film_studio/aG1MBQRl">film studios</a>, <a href="/facts/Cinematography/Umcgh4GC">cinematography</a>, <a href="/facts/Animation/093f9nUg">animation</a>, <a href="/facts/Film_production/GL8DJm3W">film production</a>, <a href="/facts/Screenwriting/bY6V4R1q">screenwriting</a>, <a href="/facts/Pre-production/FVBK1Y9M">pre-production</a>, <a href="/facts/Post_production/RpqM8yLl">post-production</a>, <a href="/facts/Film_festival/QXEm28tf">film festivals</a>, <a href="/facts/Distribution_(marketing)/FY5Clxlb">distribution</a>, and actors. Though the expense involved in making <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">film</a> almost immediately led film production to concentrate under the auspices of standing production companies, advances in affordable filmmaking equipment, as well as an expansion of opportunities to acquire investment capital from outside the film industry itself, have allowed <a href="/facts/Independent_film/jrUBoAMB">independent film</a> production to evolve.
</p><p>In 2019, the global <a href="/facts/Box_office/jRSPtCsg">box office</a> was worth $42.2 billion. When including box office and <a href="/facts/Home_video/0Uw329Kj">home entertainment</a> revenue, the global film industry was worth $136 billion in 2018. <a href="/facts/Cinema_of_the_United_States/1HpkUBfd">Hollywood</a> is the world's oldest national film industry, and largest in terms of box-office gross revenue.
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