http://cultureby.com/2006/07/poor_hollywood_.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cultureby.com/2006/07/poor_hollywood_.html/comment-page-1#comment-4251 Peter Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:51:35 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=656#comment-4251 Thanks for the compliment, Grant (at least, I assume it's a compliment!) Thanks for the compliment, Grant (at least, I assume it’s a compliment!)

]]> http://cultureby.com/2006/07/poor_hollywood_.html/comment-page-1#comment-4250 steve Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:39:51 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=656#comment-4250 I am aware of no evidence that movies in particular budget ranges predictably do better or worse in terms of box office, much less ROI. This is not my area of expertise, but the work of Art de Vany, which I have cited here frequently, shows that 1) the box office performance of films follows statistics where the mean is much less than the variance, so outliers tend to drive things, and that 2) no one can predict very well which films will do well by looking at budgets, actors, directors, etc. William Goldman was right--"No one knows anything." I am aware of no evidence that movies in particular budget ranges predictably do better or worse in terms of box office, much less ROI. This is not my area of expertise, but the work of Art de Vany, which I have cited here frequently, shows that 1) the box office performance of films follows statistics where the mean is much less than the variance, so outliers tend to drive things, and that 2) no one can predict very well which films will do well by looking at budgets, actors, directors, etc. William Goldman was right–”No one knows anything.”

]]> http://cultureby.com/2006/07/poor_hollywood_.html/comment-page-1#comment-4249 Bob Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:01:31 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=656#comment-4249 Test Test

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