Screen Industry Survey: 2007/08

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  01 May 2009
See also Screen Industry Survey: 2007/08 – Media release

Highlights

  • The New Zealand screen industry recorded total gross revenue of $2,743 million for the 2008 financial year, an 11 percent increase from the previous year.
  • Expenditure in the Wellington region more than doubled from $128 million in 2007 to $285 million in 2008.
  • Funding received by screen production companies increased 59 percent to $644 million.
  • The United States' contribution to the New Zealand screen production sector increased by 99 percent to $481 million.

Graph, Gross Revenue for the Screen Industry.

 Geoff Bascand 1 May 2009  
 Government Statistician ISSN 1178–0363