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Predicting box-office success of motion pictures with neural networks

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Predicting box-office success of motion pictures with neural networks
Predicting box-office receipts of a particular motion picture has intrigued many scholars and industry leaders as a difficult and challenging problem. In this study, the use of neural networks in predicting the financial performance of a movie at the box-office before its theatrical release is explored. In our model, the forecasting problem is converted into a classification problem-rather than forecasting the point estimate of box-office receipts, a movie based on its box-office receipts in one of nine categories is classified, ranging from a `flop' to a `blockbuster.' Because our model is designed to predict the expected revenue range of a movie before its theatrical release, it can be used as a powerful decision aid by studios, distributors, and exhibitors. Our prediction results is presented using two performance measures: average percent success rate of classifying a movie's success exactly, or within one class of its actual performance. Comparison of our neural ne...
Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen
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Updated 12 Dec 2010
Type Journal
Year 2006
Where ESWA
Authors Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen
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