biggest film producer worldwide as annual film production reached the 300 film benchmark just at the beginning of the 1970s. Compared to other national cinemas, the achievements of the Turkish film industry after 1950 are still remarkable. During the 1970s, the impact of TV and video as the new popular forms of media and political turmoil (often hand in hand with deep economic crises) caused a sharp drop in ticket sales, resulting in a steady decline starting around 1980 and continuing until the mid-1990s. The number of annual ticket sales decreased from a peak of 90 million tickets in 1966 to 56 million tickets in 1984 and only 11 million in 1990. Accordingly, the number of film theatres declined from approximately 2,000 in 1966 to 854 in 1984 and 290 in 1990. During the 1990s the average number of films produced per year remained between 10-15; usually half of them not even making it into the theatres. Since 1995 the situation has improved. After the year 2000, annual ticket sales rose to 20 million and since 1995, the number of theatres has steadily increased to approximately 500 nationwide. Currently, Turkish films attract audiences of millions of viewers and routinely top the blockbuster lists, often surpassing foreign films at the box office. However, it is difficult to speak about the existence of an industry, since most films are rather individual projects of directors who otherwise earn their living in television, advertising or theatre. The distribution of these films are mainly handled by multinational corporations such as CJ Entertainment, Universal Pictures, CJ ENM, CJ Entertainment Turkey, Endemol Shine Turkey, Endemol Shine's Turkish film Dünyanın En Güzel Kokusu (The Best Scent Of The World) (2015) and Kaçma Birader (2016), Sony Pictures International Productions, Sony Pictures's Turkish film İlk Öpücük (First Kiss) (2017), Her Şey Seninle Güzel (Everything Is Beautiful with You aka My Best Friend's Wedding) and Yanımda Kal (Stay With Me) (2018), and of A Turkish remake of 50 First Dates (2004) and My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Sony Pictures Releasing International, Endemol Prodüksiyon, Endemol Turkey, Endemol Türkiye, Endemol Shine Turkey, Warner Bros. Pictures, Fox, CGV Mars Distribution, Mars Entertainment Group, a division of CJ CGV. a CJ Group Company, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and United International Pictures (UIP) UIP Turkey, UIP Türkiye, Warner Bros. Turkey, Warner Bros. Turkey Film Limited Şirketi, 20th Century Fox, Fox International Productions, Fox's Turkish