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Feature films: Number produced

Next update August 2010

Australia was no. 24 in the world in 2008 in terms of the number of feature films produced, up from no. 28 in 2007.

Rank (2008)	Country	Number of feature films produced¹
Rank (2008)	Country	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	India	934	1,041	1,016	1,164	1,325
2	US	611	699	673	656	520
3	Japan	310	356	417	407	418
4	China	212	260	330	402	406
5	France	203	240	203	228	240
6	Russian Federation	120	160	200	200	220
7	Spain	133	142	150	172	173
8	Italy	134	98	116	121	154
9	Germany	87	103	122	122	125
10	South Korea	82	87	110	124	113
11	UK	132	131	134	117	111
12	Argentina	54	60	60	80	90
12=	Brazil	81	90	142	117	90
14	Indonesia	31	50	60	77	85
15	Canada	133	122	97	111	81
16	Mexico	54	53	65	70	70
17	Switzerland	44	47	50	76	58
18	Thailand	46	39	42	47	54
19	Hong Kong	64	55	51	50	53
20	Egypt	24	23	40	42	45
21	Poland	17	29	37	31	40
22	Belgium	23	28	30	58	37
23	Taiwan	24	17	24	30	36
24	Australia	16	29	32	30	34
25	Netherlands	24	24	29	26	32
26	Philippines	53	58	56	47	30
27	Austria	24	24	32	32	28
27=	Malaysia	22	20	28	28	28
29	Czech Republic	16	20	22	18	27
30	Denmark	26	41	20	24	26
31	Hungary	21	26	28	41	24
32	Greece	22	16	21	20	23
32=	Norway	22	19	19	22	23
32=	Sweden	40	54	51	28	23
35	Chile	14	15	16	10	22
35=	Ireland	12	12	12	14	22
37	Portugal	15	16	19	15	21
38	Finland	15	13	14	17	18
38=	Romania	21	20	18	10	18
40	Venezuela	3	5	9	8	16
41	Israel	13	12	16	18	15
41=	Slovenia	7	10	7	8	15
43	Colombia	7	14	14	14	14
43=	Singapore	7	8	10	11	14
43=	South Africa	15	11	10	15	14
46	Pakistan	25	18	23	16	13
47	New Zealand	4	5	6	12	12
48	Bulgaria	7	4	7	13	10
48=	Morocco	10	12	15	10	10
50	Croatia	5	5	8	9	9

Source: Screen Digest, June 2005, June 2006, July 2007, July 2008 and July 2009.

Notes:
Countries where number of films produced were identical have been given a shared ranking.
1. Includes co-productions.
n.a. Data not available.