FilmLA’s annual production report outlines the impact of Hollywood’s production exodus and industry contract on local production, with the Los Angeles film office reporting just 23,480 shoot days recorded in 2024, the lowest annual total on record outside of the 2020 pandemic.
That total is a 5.6% drop from 2023, a drop that comes in spite of strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA that shut down productions for a combined 191 days.
There were some noted increases in multiple production categories in the fourth quarter of 2024 with an overall total of 5,860 shoot days recorded, a 6.1%