Sports and Entertainment

Revenue From Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (2004) $158, 545,000,000.
Total Recreation Expenditures (2004) — $702,400,000,000.

Participation in:
Various leisure activities (2002) — $205,900,000.
Various arts activities (2002) — $90,300,000.
Lawn and garden activities (2005) — 83%.
Selected sports activities (2004) — $258,533,000.

Most Popular Sports
Baseball. Basketball. Golf Hockey. NASCAR (auto racing). Soccer. Sporting Goods Sales (2005) $86,774,000,000.

Ten Best American Movies (2006):
1. Citizen Kane (1941) 2. Casablanca (1943) 3. The Godfather (1972) 4. Gone With the Wind (1939) 5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 7. The Graduate (1967) 8. On the Waterfront (1954) 9. Schindler's List (1993) 10. Singin' in the Rain (1952) [Source: American Film Institute]

Five All-Time Highest-Rated Television Programs (2005)
1. M*A*S*H (last episode; 2/28/1983) 2. Dallas (Who Shot J.R.?; 11/21/1980) 3. Roots — Part 8 (1/30/1977) 4. Super Bowl XVI (1/24/1982) 5. Super Bowl XVII (1/30/1983)
[Source: World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006]

Ten Top Record Long-Run Broadway Plays
1. Cats (1982-2000) 2. Phantom of the Opera (1988- 2007) 3. Les Miserables (1987-2003) 4. Chorus Line (1975-1990) 5. Oh! Calcutta! (revival: 1976-1989) 6. Beauty and the Beast (1994- ) 7. Miss Saigon (1991-2001) 8. Rent (1996- ) 9. Chicago (revival: 1996- ) 10. 42nd Street (1980-1989) [Source: League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., New York, NY]

Five Top-Selling Video Games (2004)
1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sony PlayStation 2 2. Halo 2, Microsoft Xbox 3. Madden NFL 2005, Sony PlayStation 2 4. ESPN NFL 2K5, Sony PlayStation 2 5. Need for Speed: Underground 2, Sony PlayStation 2 [Source: World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006]

International Travelers to the United States (2005) 49,402,000. U.S. Travelers to International Countries — 63,866,000. Foreign Visitors for Pleasure (2004) — 22,803,000.

State Parks and Recreation Areas (2004) Acres — 14,180,000. Visitors — 697,831,000.

Did you know in sports?
Basketball is considered the first sport created in the United States. It was invented in 1892 by Dr. James Naismith, an instructor at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School, Springfield, MA. The game was originally played with peach baskets mounted on poles.

Did you know in entertainment?
First video game that was commercially successful was the arcade game Pong, introduced in 1972 by Atari Corporation. Television was invented by several people, including the Russian-American electrical engineer Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, who received two essential television patents on December 20, 1938.