The statistic above presents data on movie releases in North America between 1980 and 2017. In 2012, 668 movies were released, up from 602 a year earlier. The year 2017 was the most productive so far, with 724 movie releases.
Number of movies released in the United States and Canada from 1980 to 2017
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Box Office Mojo. (January 10, 2018). Number of movies released in the United States and Canada from 1980 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/187147/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-1980/
Box Office Mojo. "Number of movies released in the United States and Canada from 1980 to 2017." Chart. January 10, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187147/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-1980/
Box Office Mojo. (2018). Number of movies released in the United States and Canada from 1980 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187147/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-1980/
Box Office Mojo. "Number of Movies Released in The United States and Canada from 1980 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187147/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-1980/
Box Office Mojo, Number of movies released in the United States and Canada from 1980 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187147/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-1980/ (last visited November 30, 2023)
Number of movies released in the United States and Canada from 1980 to 2017 [Graph], Box Office Mojo, January 10, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187147/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-1980/