Hollywood's road to riches

Hollywood's road to riches / David Waterman.

Combining historical and economic analysis, this book shows how, beginning in the 1950s, a largely predictable business has been transformed into a volatile and complex multimedia enterprise now commanding over 80 percent of the world's film business. At the same time, the book asks how the eco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waterman, David, 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Motion picture industry > United States.
Motion pictures > Economic aspects > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures > Economic aspects
Filmwirtschaft
Unterhaltungsindustrie
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • American success
  • The players
  • Television: a parting of the ways
  • The pay media: a shower of money
  • Controlling the release sequence
  • Rising American dominance
  • What has Hollywood done with the money?
  • Hollywood's digital future
  • Appendixes: Market shares of domestic box office/rentals and video revenues
  • Stability of world theatrical rentals, 1948-1975
  • U.S. Distributor revenue by source
  • Prices, distributor revenue, and viewing estimates, 1948, 1975, and 2002
  • Video windows, 1988-2002
  • Comparative analysis of movie industries and trade in the United States and the EUJ5 countries, statistical data, 1950-2003
  • Determinants of U.S. box office market shares in the EUJ5, 1950-2003
  • Movie production costs and animated movie data
  • Motion picture industry employment
  • Credits analysis, top ten movies, 1971-2001
  • Movie genre analysis.

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