These are the Top 10 Movies Industries in the World and no African country makes the list. Surprised?
Movies play an important role in shaping the society as well as providing a substantial percentage to the GDP of a country. See the list as per a 2017 article.
1. Hollywood: Hollywood is by far the most influential movie industry in the world. It earned an astounding $11.1 billion dollars in 2015 which is equal to the rest of top 9 movie industries combined.
2. Bollywood: Bollywood is the unofficial name of the Hindi cinema which is in India.
It is known for creating the most number of movies per year which is on average 1200 per year. In comparison, Hollywood makes only 800 odd movies per year. Box office earning is around $1.8 billion dollars.
3. Cinema of China: The second biggest box office at $6.78 billion dollars a year after Hollywood, Chinese cinema is known to produce some high-quality movies that are famous all around the world.
4. United Kingdom: $1.9 billion dollar box office, United Kingdom has produced some of the best movies in the past decade.
5. Cinema of Japan (Nihon Eiga): Japanese movie industry is one of the biggest in Asia with a box office revenue of $1.8 billion in 2015.
6. South Korean Cinema: The South Korean movie industry has a total revenue of around $1.7 billion which makes it the 5th biggest movie industry in the world. Formed in 1945 it has become one of the most influential movie industries giving the world genres like K-pop and Korean horror, south Korean movie industry has come a long way since its beginning.
7. France: Began in as early as 1895, the French movie industry is one of the oldest in the world. It is currently earning $1.4 billion per year making it the 7th largest movie industry in the world.
8. Germany: The history of German cinema can be traced back to as early as 1895 when short movies were made. It has now a $1.3 billion box office that makes it among the biggest in the world.
9. Iran: Iran is a surprising name in this list as it doesn’t have a big box office however in recent years Iranian movies have been selected for awards all across the world making it a very influential industry in the world.
10. Italy: With a $0.7 billion industry, Italy produces some of the very best movies in the world.
Will the likes of the Nigerian and South African film industries make this list by 2030? That’s something we will closely monitor.
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