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A concise handbook of movie industry economics / edited by Charles C. Moul.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511111525
  • 9780511111525
  • 0511111193
  • 9780511111198
  • 9780511614422
  • 051161442X
  • 9780511197710
  • 0511197713
  • 9786610415977
  • 6610415978
Other title:
  • Movie industry economics
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Concise handbook of movie industry economics.DDC classification:
  • 384/.83/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.U6 S493 2005eb
Other classification:
  • 24.33
  • QR 730
Online resources:
Contents:
Critiquing Hollywood : the political economy of motion pictures / Janet Wasko -- Film production in the digital age : what do we know about the past and the future? / S. Abraham Ravid -- Movie industry accounting / Harold L. Vogel -- Theatrical release and the launching of motion pictures / Charles C. Moul and Steven M. Shugan -- The film exhibition business : critical issues, practice, and research / Jehoshua Eliashberg -- Profits out of the picture : research issues and revenue sources beyond the North American box office / Charles B. Weinberg.
Summary: What factors affect a movie's theatrical run? How does the theatrical run affect the demand for video? What types of movies are most profitable? How informative are movie accounting figures? What theaters have the most appeal to consumers? This short handbook provides a deeper understanding of the economics of movies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Critiquing Hollywood : the political economy of motion pictures / Janet Wasko -- Film production in the digital age : what do we know about the past and the future? / S. Abraham Ravid -- Movie industry accounting / Harold L. Vogel -- Theatrical release and the launching of motion pictures / Charles C. Moul and Steven M. Shugan -- The film exhibition business : critical issues, practice, and research / Jehoshua Eliashberg -- Profits out of the picture : research issues and revenue sources beyond the North American box office / Charles B. Weinberg.

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What factors affect a movie's theatrical run? How does the theatrical run affect the demand for video? What types of movies are most profitable? How informative are movie accounting figures? What theaters have the most appeal to consumers? This short handbook provides a deeper understanding of the economics of movies.

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