Countries Producing the Most Feature Films, 2024

Countries ranked by feature films completed and released theatrically; number of films, 2024.

What the Data Shows

Feature-film production is compared across reporting nations in 2024. The counts cover national feature films completed and released theatrically in the latest complete WIPO review. India led with 2,605 films, almost four times Japan’s 685. China produced 612 films, followed by the United States with 544 and Italy with 350.

Data table

Unit: feature films · Period: 2024

RankEntryValuePeriod
1India2,6052024
2Japan6852024
3China6122024
4United States5442024
5Italy3502024

Sources

Source 1: Lights, Camera, Records: Global Film Production Hits a Record

Publisher: World Intellectual Property Organization

Dataset/table: Feature films produced by reporting economy, 2024

Units: number of feature films

Date checked: 2026-07-17

Evidence: Provides the latest complete 2024 feature-film counts for the five leading reporting nations.

Data notes & caveats

WIPO reports that the 2024 review covered 104 reporting economies and 9,628 feature films. The figures use WIPO's published national production frame and underlying Omdia coverage.

Methodology

The five largest country counts in WIPO's latest complete 2024 review were retained in published order.

Source consistency notes

Every row uses the same 2024 WIPO review and the same feature-film count definition.

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