By 2007, more than half of all films distributed globally and all US/Hollywood films will be released digitally, according to forecasts from Screen Digest.
Currently, just 8.5% of films are digitally released globally; this rises to 35% for the US/Hollywood distributors. By the end of this year the global total should reach 15%, whilst US/Hollywood’s digital output rises to 60%. In Europe, digital releases are forecast to reach 60% by the end of 2002.
| Films released digitally, by region |
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Disney |
Hollywood (fast adopters) |
Hollywood (slower adopters) |
US/Hollywood total |
Europe |
Asia-Pacific* |
rest of the world |
GLOBAL |
| 1999 |
10 |
1 |
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1 |
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0.1 |
| 2000 |
40 |
10 |
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15 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
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3 |
| 2001 |
60 |
40 |
10 |
35 |
5 |
4 |
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8.5 |
| 2002 |
100 |
60 |
40 |
60 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
15 |
| 2003 |
100 |
100 |
60 |
85 |
25 |
15 |
1 |
25 |
| 2004 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
40 |
25 |
3 |
34 |
| 2005 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
60 |
40 |
6 |
42 |
| 2006 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
75 |
50 |
9 |
48 |
| 2007 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
80 |
60 |
14 |
53 |
| 2008 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
85 |
70 |
20 |
58 |
| 2009 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
90 |
80 |
30 |
65 |
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| Source: Screen Digest, January 2002 |
