Overview
- Los Angeles logged 19,694 on-location shoot days in 2025, down 16.1% from 2024 and the lowest total since 2020, FilmLA reported.
- Q4 2025 recorded 4,625 shoot days, a 5.6% increase from Q3 but roughly 21% below the same quarter a year earlier.
- Commercial shoots fell 23.2% year over year in Q4, television dropped 21.9%, and feature films declined 19.7%.
- Within TV, pilot production sank 62.5% in Q4 and dramas fell 36.4%, while reality and comedy were down 9.8% and 6%, respectively.
- Incentivized projects accounted for about 13% of Q4 activity, and roughly 118 projects have been approved under the expanded tax-credit program, with many expected to begin filming in the first half of 2026.