Jan. 10. Film productions across the state generated more than $302 million in direct in-state spending in 2024. This is the third-highest total since 2000, when the state began offering film incentives to support its film industry.

—Total investment since 2017: $1.4 billion plus in movie, television and streaming productions

—Total jobs: 97,000, including skilled film professionals and background talent

—2024 productions statewide: 55

Quotable

“North Carolina’s film industry is an economic multiplier that we can expect to positively impact the small businesses that surround and support each production set.”

–Machelle Baker Sanders, NC Commerce Secretary 

TV/streaming series

“100 Day Hotel Challenge” (Season One)
“Battle on the Beach” (Season Four)
“Blue Ridge” (Season Two)
“Battle on the Beach” (Season Four)
“The Hunting Wives” (Season One)
“The Runarounds” (Season One)
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” (Season Three)
“The Waterfront” (Season One)

Feature-length films

“Apopka / Christy Martin Biopic”
“Capsized”
“Deadly Intentions”
“Henry’s Ebb”
“Merv”
“Roofman”
“The Double”
“The Gardener”
“The Shot”

—Source: NC Dept. of Commerce