Movies have been around for a long time, but the movie industry is currently experiencing a great many changes The world market for flms is changing and growing. American movies are still popular around the wor American action movies, such as the ones based on comics like Batman and the Avengers, are among the big blockbusters. They make a lot of money and are an important part of the international market-from China to Latin America. Are American movies going to keep this pos tion in the growing world market? What is going to replace them and become popular worldwide? Wil Bollywood-and other iocal flm industries- replace Holywood? Technology is changing movies in many ways Many blockbuster movies use CGI, computer- generated imagery In contrast, some moviemakers are making movies on their cell phones and distributing them on sites like YouTube But technology is changing more than how movies are made. Big movies are now being released at about the same time around the world. This helps reduce pirating-or copies of movies that are made illegany and sold on DvDs or on the web. As a result, moviegoers around the world canrowsee blockbuster movies on the big screen on the same weekend The movie watching experience is also changing. People are downloading movies more and more and watching them at home on their TV screens What will the future of movies be? The answer to the question is stil not clear The only thing for certain is that we'll be watching them