Cinema of the United States that was friendly and enjoyed the movie company filming there. Griffith then filmed the first movie ever shot in Hollywood, "In Old California", a Biograph melodrama about California in the 19th century, when it belonged to Mexico. Griffith stayed there for months and made several films before returning to New York. After hearing about Griffith's success in Hollywood, in 1913, many movie-makers headed west to avoid the fees imposed by Thomas Edison, who owned patents on the movie-making process. Nestor Studios of Bayonne, New Jersey, built the first studio in Hollywood in 1911. Nestor Studios, owned by David and William
Pokémon: The First Movie United States. Combined, the film's global box office and US home video earnings added up to . The film was included in the Blu-ray compilation titled "Pikachu Movie Premium 1998-2010" in Japan on November 28, 2012. On February 9, 2016, Viz Media released a limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook containing the first three "Pokémon" films ("Pokémon: The First Movie", "" and ""), along with single releases on DVD. In accommodation with the 20th anniversary of the "Pokémon" franchise, a digitally remastered version of the film was released on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play on February 27, 2016. On October 2, 2018,