Predicting Movie Grosses: Winners and Losers, Blockbusters and Sleepers

By Jeffrey S. Simonoff, Ilana R. Sparrow. 2000

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Applying discrete choice models to predict Academy Award winners (2008, background): “Furthermore, although many factors are associated with a film’s gross earnings (Collins et al., 2002; Simonoff and Sparrow, 2000; Terry et al., 2005a, b), the financial consequence of Oscars operates independently of other significant predictors Address for correspondence: Iain Pardoe, Department…”
Managerial Objectives, the R-Rating Puzzle and the Production of Violent Films (2004, unknown): “This is supported in Simonoff and Sparrow (2000) and Fee (2002).”
Predicting Movie Sales from Blogger Sentiment (2006, background): “…dates, preventing earlier movies from having a higher income just because they have been “out there” longer, have been released on DVD, etc. Opening weekend income typically correlates highly with total movie income, accounting for an estimated 25% of the total sales (Simonoff & Sparrow, 2000).”
The Motion Picture Industry: Critical Issues in Practice, Current Research, and New Research Directions (2006, background): “…Holbrook (1988), Elberse and Eliashberg (2003), Eliashberg and Shugan (1997), Hennig-Thurau et al. (2001), Jedidi et al. (1998), Moul (2004), Prag and Casavant (1994), Ravid (1999), Simonoff and Sparrow (2000), Smith and Smith (1986), Sochay (1994), Wallace et al. (1993), and Zufryden (1996, 2000).”