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The Distribution and Predictability of Cinema Admissions

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Chris Hand

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Using a time series data set covering the period 1936–1999, this paper investigates the statistical distribution of cinema admissions and attempts to produce a forecasting model using the ARIMA methodology. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Journal of Cultural Economics.

Volume (Year): 26 (2002)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 53-64
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Handle: RePEc:kap:jculte:v:26:y:2002:i:1:p:53-64

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Keywords: ARIMA; cinema admissions; forecasting; heavy-tailed distribution;

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  1. VÍctor Blanco & JosÉ BaÑos Pino, 1997. "Cinema Demand in Spain: A Cointegration Analysis," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 57-75, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Benoit Mandelbrot, 1963. "The Variation of Certain Speculative Prices," Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36, pages 394. [Downloadable!]
  3. Arthur De Vany & W. Walls, 1999. "Uncertainty in the Movie Industry: Does Star Power Reduce the Terror of the Box Office?," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 285-318, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Alexis Dantec & Florence Levy, 2005. "Stars et box office : un état des approches théoriques et empiriques," Documents de Travail de l'OFCE 2005-13, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE). [Downloadable!]
  2. W David Walls, 2004. "Modeling movie success when "nobody knows anything": Conditional stable distribution analysis of film returns," Econometric Society 2004 Far Eastern Meetings 409, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Ralf Dewenter & Michael Westermann, 2005. "Cinema Demand In Germany," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer, vol. 29(3), pages 213-231, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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