2007 US sales of DVDs accounted for approximately 12 billion dollars of the retail sales of adult films, but may have included adult toys packaged with them. Internet sales figures are very innacurate. The international adult film industry needs to be divided into catergories and sales figures defined by catogory before any sort of grand total could be calculated. a decent guess is maybe 100 billion US$ international.
This is absolutely correct. This year most adult companies are losing money, although most will not admit it. The average contract girl is reported at 250,000 per year. While male talent depending on if he is gay or straight average 50 to 7000 per scene.
Male talent is paid a lower rate because the female takes the brunt of the work.