5 Facts About The Film Industry

Below are some interesing facts about the film industry that you may not have known about .

1. London has 55% of the film industry as a whole but only 30% of the distribution companies.

2. In 2012 there were 78 millions rentals of feature films on physical discs (down 9% on 2011). Interestingly 54% were by post, meaning DVD rental shops are not dead yet. Average rental costs £2.94

3.Video on Demand (VoD) has doubled in size since 2011, now making up a larger share than physical rentals (£229m for rental and £243m for VoD).

4. 25% of Internet users over 12 years old have downloaded or streamed a feature film online.

5 The film industry provided £3.8bn to UK GDP in 2012.