MOTION PICTURES INDUSTRY- CASE STUDY
The data collected for a sample of 100 motion pictures produced in 2005 is given below. A survey is carried out to analyze how different variables of the Motion Picture Industry contribute to the success of its motion pictures. The study focuses on four major variables, Opening Gross Sales, Total Gross Sales, Number of Theatres and weeks in top 60.
Motion Picture
Opening Gross Sales( $millions)
Total Gross Sales ($ millions)
Number of Theaters
Weeks in Top 60
Coach Carter
29.17
67.25
2,574
16
Ladies in Lavender
0.15
6.65
119
22
Batman Begins
48.75
205.28
3,858
18
Unleashed
10.90
24.47
1,962
8
Pretty Persuasion
0.06
0.23
24
4
Fever Pitch
12.40
42.01
3,275
14
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
102.69
287.18
3,858
13
Monster-in-Law
23.11
82.89
3,424
16
White Noise
24.11
55.85
2,279
7
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
50.34
186.22
3,451
21
Be Cool
23.45
55.81
3,216
8
Modigliani
0.03
0.13
9
4
Flightplan
24.63
89.69
3,424
21
Steamboy
0.14
0.36
46
3
Lost Embrace
0.02
0.05
5
1
Kung Fu Hustle
0.27
17.08
2,503
16
Howl's Moving Castle
0.43
4.61
202
11
War of the Worlds
77.06
234.21
3,910
19
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
0.02
0.42
22
6
Lords of Dogtown
5.62
11.01
1,865
4
The Baxter
0.04
0.04
47
1
The Amityville Horror
23.51
64.26
3,323
6
House of Wax
12.08
32.05
3,111
12
Uncle Nino
0.17
0.17
189
1
Separate Lies
0.07
0.85
127
6
Thumbsucker
0.09
1.23
330
6
Sons of Provo
0.03
0.03
7
1
Kingdom of Heaven
19.64
47.31
3,219
12
Mrs. Henderson Presents
0.06
4.36
260
10
Casanova
0.23
11.24
1,011
8
The World's Fastest Indian
0.40
0.87
121
2
Alone in the Dark
2.83
5.13
2,124
3
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
12.02
30.97
1,666
11
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
15.34
80.83
3,211
8
Red Eye
16.17