Movies
About 40,000 theater screens exist in
the United States. The major and independent
studios combined make about
600 pictures a year. The industry is
collecting more money because of higher
ticket prices, but more people watch
movies at home and online than in theaters,
so the number of movie theaters is declining. Fewer
people are buying DVDs and instead are getting movies
through Redbox and streaming through Netflix. The
only increases in income to the U.S. movie industry have
been from overseas movie sales, movie downloads and the
introduction of 3-D movies. Overall movie industry income
began declining in 2005, and that trend continues so the
movie industry continues to suffer losses.