
Revenue of the U.S. motion picture and video industry 2019, by source
drop of almost five billion U.S. dollars from 2017.
In 2019, the U.S. motion picture and video production and distribution industry generated its highest revenue from domestic licensing of rights to television programs, which brought in over 17 billion U.S. dollars. Domestic licensing of rights to motion picture films generated around 12.5 billion U.S. dollars that year, marking a