Early predictions of movie success: The who, what, and when of profitability
Published in Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 2016
Recommended citation: M.T. Lash and K. Zhao, Early predictions of movie success: The who, what, and when of profitability, Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 33(3):874-903, 2016. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07421222.2016.1243969
This paper investigates the predictability of movie success (profit) utilizing features (variables) strictly available during the pre-production stage. We investigate the features that are important to the prediction problem and propose a "Movie Investor Assurance System" (MIAS).
Recommended citation: M.T. Lash and K. Zhao, Early predictions of movie success: The who, what, and when of profitability, Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 33(3):874-903, 2016.