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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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Patricia Buscher | CB04-232 | ||
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Motion Picture and Video Revenues Reach $64 Billion |
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Revenues for motion picture and video firms rose 6 percent to $64 billion in 2003, from $60 billion in 2002, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. Data from the 2003
Service Annual Survey: Information Services — Motion Picture and
Sound Recording Industries report show revenues for the nation’s
motion picture and sound recording industries combined, reached $78 billion
in 2003, an increase of 5 percent over 2002.
Estimates in this report are based on
data from the 2003 Service Annual Survey. They contain sampling and nonsampling
errors. To keep the identity of an individual firm confidential, some
estimates may be suppressed. Users making their own estimates, based on
the survey estimates, should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source
of the original estimates only. -X - |