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The transition, long anticipated by analysts, was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian cinema is the largest national film industry in terms of the number of films produced, with 1,813 feature films produced annually as of 2018. As of 2011, the national film industries with the highest annual ticket sales worldwide were Indian cinema with 3.5 billion tickets sold, followed by Hollywood with 2.6 billion tickets sold.
