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Historians may look back on 2013 as the year of “blockbuster fatigue,” as an unprecedented number of big event movies tanked this summer.

Despite summertime flops, Hollywood is expected to coming in just shy of $11 billion at the box office for 2013, the largest take ever. But because of higher ticket prices, actual attendance at North American theaters remained flat after a decade of decline.

Even as new filmmaking centers help spread Hollywood’s wealth around the world, the boost to local economies comes at a personal cost to the specialists who must follow the work. As movie production migrates from place to place, friendships get left behind and raising a family can be difficult.