NEW MEXICO’S FILM INDUSTRY APPEARS TO BE ON A HOT STREAK. THE GOVERNORS OFFICE SAYS NEW MEXICO HAS HAD ITS THIRD STRAIGHT RECORD YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO MOVIE AND TV PRODUCTIONS. IT SAYS IN FISCAL 2017 THE FILM INDUSTRY PUMPED MORE THAN HALF-A-BILLION DOLLARS INTO THE STATE’S ECONOMY…BREAKING THE OLD RECORD BY MORE THAN 100 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MORE JOBS…WITH CLOSE TO 450-THOUSAND WORKER DAYS DURING THE YEAR. SIXTY-ONE PROJECTS WERE IN PRODUCTION…WITH MOST OF THEM BUDGETED AT MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS EACH.
