<P> Distinct from the centers are the locations where movies are filmed . Because of labor and infrastructure costs, many films are produced in countries other than the one in which the company which pays for the film is located . For example, many U.S. movies are filmed in Canada, many Nigerian movies are filmed in Ghana, while many Indian movies are filmed in the Americas, Europe, Singapore etc . </P> <P> The cinema of the United States, often generally referred to as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century . The United States cinema (Hollywood) is the oldest film industry in the world which originated more than 121 years ago and also the largest film industry in terms of revenue . Hollywood is the primary nexus of the U.S. film industry with established film study facilities such as the American Film Institute, LA Film School and NYFA being established in the area . However, four of the six major film studios are owned by East Coast companies . The major film studios of Hollywood including Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Lightstorm Entertainment are the primary source of the most commercially successful movies in the world, such as Gone with the Wind (1939), Star Wars (1977), and Titanic (1997). </P> <P> American film studios today collectively generate several hundred movies every year, making the United States one of the most prolific producers of films in the world . Only The Walt Disney Company--which owns the Walt Disney Studios--is fully based in Southern California . And while Sony Pictures Entertainment is headquartered in Culver City, California, its parent company, the Sony Corporation, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan . Most shooting now takes place in California, New York, Louisiana, Georgia and North Carolina . Hollywood is the most popular film industry with the highest number of screens, and is the highest - grossing film industry in the world . Between 2009 - 2015, Hollywood consistently grossed $10 billion (or more) annually . Hollywood's award ceremony, the Academy Awards, officially known as The Oscars, is held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) every year and a total of 2,947 Oscars have been awarded since the inception of the award . </P> <P> The earliest documented account of an exhibition of projected motion pictures in the United States was in June 1894 in Richmond, Indiana by Charles Francis Jenkins which makes United States cinema the earliest cinema in the whole world . Jenkins used his Phantoscope to project his film before an audience of family, friends and reporters . The film featured a vaudeville dancer performing a Butterfly Dance . Jenkins and his new partner Thomas Armat modified the Phantoscope for exhibitions in temporary theaters at the Cotton States Exposition in the fall of 1895 . The Phantoscope was later sold to Thomas Edison, who changed the name of the projector to Edison's Vitascope . </P>

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