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What Makes a Blockbuster? Economic Analysis of Film Success in the United Kingdom

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Collins, A.
Hand, C.
Snell, M.C.

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In this paper we attempt to evaluate whether a film's commercial performance can be forecast. The statistical distribution of film revenues in the UK is examined and found to have unbounded variance.

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Paper provided by Portsmouth University - Department of Economics in its series Papers with number 137.

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Date of creation: 2001
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Keywords: DISTRIBUTION ; INCOME ; FILM INDUSTRY;

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L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

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  1. Olivier V. Pictet & Michel M. Dacorogna & Ulrich A. Muller, 1996. "Heavy tails in high-frequency financial data," Working Papers 1996-12-11, Olsen and Associates. [Downloadable!]
  2. Smith, Sharon P & Smith, V Kerry, 1986. "Successful Movies: A Preliminary Empirical Analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 18(5), pages 501-07, May.
  3. De Vany, Arthur & Walls, W David, 1996. "Bose-Einstein Dynamics and Adaptive Contracting in the Motion Picture Industry," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 106(439), pages 1493-1514, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Caroline Elliott & Rob Simmons, 2008. "Determinants of UK Box Office Success: The Impact of Quality Signals," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 33(2), pages 93-111, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Alan Collins & Chris Hand, 2005. "Analyzing moviegoing demand: an individual-level cross-sectional approach," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(5), pages 319-330. [Downloadable!]
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