Hollywood Unions Warn of 25-Year Decline in U.S. Production Market Share

Hollywood Unions Warn U.S. Film & TV Production Is On The Brink

Another alarm bell went off Monday on the state of U.S.-based film and television production with the release of an extensive report commissioned by several of the Hollywood unions that illustrates what industry insiders have feared for some time: After a quarter century of rapid transformation and external disruptions, U.S. film and television production is […]

Hollywood Spends More Than Half of Its Film Budgets Outside the U.S., Union Study Shows

Major Hollywood studios have gone from spending 72% of its production budgets within the United States at the end of the 20th century to spending more than half of that budget outside of the country, according to a new study commissioned by the entertainment industry’s major unions. The study conducted by Ernst Young surveyed film and television production spending from major American studios from 1999 to 2024 for movies with budgets of at least…

Hollywood Unions Warn of 25-Year Decline in U.S. Production Market Share

A coalition of Hollywood unions issued a report on Monday warning that the U.S. has lost significant market share in film and TV production over the last 25 years. The report found that studios spent 74% of their film production budgets in the U.S. 25 years ago, but that the figure has since declined to […]

DGA, IATSE, LIUNA, SAG-AFTRA, Teamsters, WGA East and WGA West Release Report on Shift in Location for Film and Television Production Over 25 Years

Share of production spend on films with significant U.S.-based production declined by 32 percentage-points to 42% Share of production spending on television episodes with significant U.S.-based production declined by 30 […]