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

Alan Collins, Chris Hand () and M.C. Snell

Working Papers from Portsmouth University - Department of Economics

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: DISTRIBUTION; INCOME; FILM INDUSTRY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L82 Z11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001

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