In 2021, nine 3D movies were released across the United States and Canada, up from three in the previous year. Despite the increase, the 2021 figure amounted to only one-fifth of the 45 3D productions released five years earlier, in 2016. There were more than 16 thousand
Number of 3D films released in the United States and Canada from 2012 to 2021
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Audience
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MPAA. (March 14, 2022). Number of 3D films released in the United States and Canada from 2012 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/243303/number-of-3d-films-released-in-north-america/
MPAA. "Number of 3D films released in the United States and Canada from 2012 to 2021." Chart. March 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243303/number-of-3d-films-released-in-north-america/
MPAA. (2022). Number of 3D films released in the United States and Canada from 2012 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243303/number-of-3d-films-released-in-north-america/
MPAA. "Number of 3d Films Released in The United States and Canada from 2012 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243303/number-of-3d-films-released-in-north-america/
MPAA, Number of 3D films released in the United States and Canada from 2012 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243303/number-of-3d-films-released-in-north-america/ (last visited May 04, 2024)
Number of 3D films released in the United States and Canada from 2012 to 2021 [Graph], MPAA, March 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/243303/number-of-3d-films-released-in-north-america/