Filmmaking in Miami Seeing More Action

Last year, the Miami-Dade Office of Film and Entertainment issued more than 1,000 permits to filmmakers.

| 3/1/2011

filmmaking More Action Last year, the Miami-Dade Office of Film and Entertainment issued more than 1,000 permits to filmmakers:
?	2009	2010
Permits	840	1,027
Spending (on films that received permits)	$84.7 million	$121.7 million
Revenue from permits	$86,000	$111,000
Source: Miami-Dade Office of Film and Entertainment; includes all permits for outdoor filming in the county

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