At the Movies: Some Stylized Facts on Investment Returns and Consumption Patterns

Hon Lee and Ruth Lim Sheau Yen
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Ruth Lim Sheau Yen: School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Malaysia

International Journal of Business and Economics, 2018, vol. 17, issue 2, 123-142

Abstract: This article examines the impact of a movie's budget on its profitability by measuring movie profitability using its return on investment (ROI). With a dataset comprising 3309 movies, we find that a movie's ROI negatively correlates to its production budget. Our findings further reveal that its ROI is highest in the category of low budget films when compared to other groups of different budget categories, i.e., moderate, big, and mega budget. In terms of an investment portfolio strategy, we argue that the better option for movie studios is to concentrate more on smaller-scale film projects instead of investing heavily in major productions, or at the very least, to consider having a more balanced portfolio in order to realize greater overall returns.

Keywords: return on investment; production budget; movie industry; box office; consumption pattern (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L80 M20 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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