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Frequently Asked Questions About Movies

How big is the movie industry?

As of 2005 there are over 900,000 movies in the U.S. with $476 billion in sales.

What percentage of the U.S population has worked in the movie industry?

Two out of five adults in the U.S. have worked in the movie industry at one time or another.

What percentage of the food dollar does the movie industry share?

As of 2005 the share is 46.4 percent. In 1955 the share was 25 percent.

How much does the average household spend each year in movies?

Based on 2002 statistics the average was $2276 per household or $910 per person.

How fast is the movie industry growing?

movie-industry sales are forecast to grow by 4.9% in 2005.

How many movie theaters are there in the U.S.?

In 2004 there were 5,629 indoor movie theaters with a total of 36,012 movie screens. There were also 419 drive in theaters with a total of 640 screens.

Why is there a movie rating system?

The movie rating system is a voluntary system sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theatre Owners. The system allows parents to make informed decisions on which films they want their children to see.

Which actor/actress has won the most Academy Awards?

Actress Katherine Hepburn has won the most Academy Awards with 4 Oscars. The years in which she won were 1932/33, 1967, 1968, and 1981. She was nominated for an Academy Award a total of 12 times.

Which actors movies are tops at the box office?

Actor Samuel L. Jackson is tops at the box office. His 66 movies have grossed a total of $3,813,662,500 with an average of $57,782,765 per film.

What is the top grossing movie of all time?

The movie Titanic is the top grossing film worldwide of all time with total box office receipts of $1,835,400,000.

Picture Car
- On-Set Term; Any car you see in a movie used as a prop. Some period piece filmmakers can't afford the cost of filling scenes with prop cars from the pertinent era, so they simply avoid filming a moving car covering multiple streets to cut down on costs.

Set
- Production Term; Physical location where the chaos, shouting, fits, fights, power plays, backstabbing, disasters, and personality clashes occur. Actual shooting of the film and small miracles have been known to take place here as well.

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Did You Know?

Movie theaters can be classified by the type of films they show.
First-run theaters are theaters that run primarily new movies from the major film companies and distributors, during the initial release period of each movie. Second-run or discount theaters are theaters that runs movies that have been pulled from the first-run theaters and are shown at a lower ticket price.