3. Exhibition:
There are 800 movie screening in Thailand and 500 belong
to Major Cineplex Group
(Source: Bangkok Biz News, 26 Nov 2014)
There are over 38,000 movie screens in the US. One half
of the screens owned by a studio. The rest are part of
cinema chains.
The Big Studio and Hollywood
• From Nickelodeon to big business
• 1908, Thomas Edison founded Motion Picture
Patent Company
• The first sound film was produced in 1926
• Hollywood known as a “dream factory”