2 To Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood — and Beyond!

Hollywood

While the birthplace of film can be debated from France to Australia, there is little debate that Hollywood was the birthplace of the movie business. California is the eighth largest economy in the world. By itself. As a state. Its entertainment industry exports and the subsequent ripple effect they have had on so many ancillary businesses are indisputable drivers of this nation’s success.

Today, the production of motion pictures and television programs is distributed across many of these United States, supporting almost two million jobs, paying out over $133 billion in wages, with the average salary being 42 percent higher than the national average. With American studios controlling ...

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