McMahon, James - In: Review of capital as power 1 (2013) 1, pp. 23-40
This paper investigates the historical development of risk in the Hollywood film business. Using opening theatres as a … proxy for future expectations, the paper demonstrates how, from 1981 to 2011, Hollywood has improved its ability to predict … the financial rankings of its films. More specifically, the Hollywood film business has become better at predicting which …