These were subsequently bought and taken over by UCI. In 1995, AMC pioneered the first North American megaplex, a theater that can accommodate thousands, when it opened the AMC Grand 24 in Dallas, Texas â the first megaplex in the world had been built by European chain Kinepolis in 1988.
Average Salary. Artists in the Fine Arts sector earn an average annual salary of $57,400, or $27.60 an hour according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This average includes illustrators in the newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishing industry.
Data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that graphic designers earned $23.41 an hour on average in May 2011. Assuming 2,080 hours of a work a year, this translates to an average annual income of $48,690 a year. Graphic designers in the top 10 percent made more than $77,370, and workers in the bottom 10 percent made less than $26,210. Fifty percent of all graphic designers earned annual incomes between $33,410 and $59,410.