"To infinity and beyond!"? A genre-specific film analysis of movie success mechanisms

Daniel Kaimann ()
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Daniel Kaimann: University of Paderborn

No 38, Working Papers CIE from Paderborn University, CIE Center for International Economics

Abstract: The objective of this study is the analysis of movie success mechanisms in a genre-specific context. Instead of the examination of all time box office champions, we focus on the two film genres of computer animated and comic book based films. By introducing the concept of the motion-picture marketing mix, which represents a set of tactical marketing tools in order to strengthen a company’s strategic customer orientation, we are able to systematically identify key movie success factors. We conduct a cross-sectional empirical analysis across regional distinctions based on dataset that covers a time horizon of more than 30 years. We find empirical evidence that actors with ex ante popularity, award nominations and the production budget represent key movie success mechanisms and significantly influence a movie’s commercial appeal. Additionally, word-of-mouth creates reputation effects that also significantly affects box office gross.

Keywords: Film economic; Key success factors; Film genre; Seemingly Unrelated Regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 L10 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2013-09
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