The latest statistics from FilmLA show that in the third quarter of 2025, there were 4,380 shoot days in the area. That's down 13% from the same period last year.
In quarter three of this year, shoot days for feature films were actually up 10% compared to Q3 of 2024. But television production is down 21%, and commercial shoots are down 18%, offsetting those gains in film shooting.
But FilmLA says it's not all doom and gloom.
Earlier this year Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a massive expansion of the state's film and TV tax credit.
The hope is that those credits will make L.A. much more competitive with cities like London and Atlanta, which have been offering hefty incentives for productions.
Nearly two dozen productions have already applied for the expanded California credit and have been granted a tax break.
"The very earliest projects approved under that program have really yet to come into production, so things are as they were earlier in the year so seeing the numbers look like this isn't really much of a surprise," said Philip Sokoloski, a spokesman for FilmLA.
Sokoloski said it will take a full year to distribute the tax credits, but he believes the tax breaks will eventually reverse the downward trend.