The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of number of films (877 feature films and 1177 short films made in India were released in the year 2003 alone);compared with 473 films released in the US in 2003. Movie tickets in India are among the cheapest in the world (the average ticket costs US$0.20; in comparison, the average ticket in the U.S. in 2005 costs US$6.41). India accounts for 73% of Asia-Pacific movie admissions, currently estimated at US$2.9 billion. The industry is mainly supported by the vast cinema-going Indian public. The Central Board of Film Certification of India cites on its website that every three months an audience as large as India's billion-strong population visit cinema halls). Indian films are gaining increasing popularity in the rest of the world, especially in countries with large numbers of expatriate Indians.