Overview

• On-location shoot days in Greater Los Angeles dropped 6.2% year-over-year in Q2 to 5,394 days, according to FilmLA.
• Feature film shoots plunged 21.4% to 553 days and commercial productions declined 15.3% to 692 days.
• Television production climbed 17% to 2,224 shoot days, marking its highest quarterly total since early 2024.
• Within television, dramas rose 9.4%, reality series jumped 29.5% and pilots surged 364.7%, while comedies fell 41.5%.
• The California Film Commission approved tax incentives for 48 upcoming projects under the expanded program, which are expected to employ more than 6,500 cast and crew and 32,000 background performers and generate over $302 million in local wages.