Motion Industry Case Study

# of Theaters Sum of Total Gross

0-499 80.473

500-999 27.997

1000-1499 89.661

1500-1999 170.797

2000-2499 156.01

2500-2999 234.026

3000-3499 1381.964

3500-3999 1162.912

Grand Total 3303.84

The number of theaters greatly affects the outcome on sales. The more theaters it is playing in. The more money the movie is going to make.

It looks that the key number of theaters is at least 3000

# of Weeks in Top 60 Sum of Total Gross

1-5 69.451

6-10 672.228

11-15 820.825

16-20 1246.76

21-25 491.767

26-30 2.809

Grand Total 3303.84

The number of weeks being in the Top 60 is not nearly as important. It does show that being in the top 60 for 16-20 is most beneficial though.

Opening Sales Sum of Total Gross

0-10 390.896

10-20 732.223

20-30 603.369

30-40 284.29

40-50 205.279

50-60 186.219

70-80 234.207

100-110 667.357

Grand Total 3303.84

The Opening Night Sales take up a significant portion of the Gross Sales. This shows movies that do extremely well, either have a really successful opening night, or can start out with a slow opening night. This just shows that how big of a showing opening night, does not necessarily determine how well the movie is going to do.

# of Theaters Sum of Total Gross

0-499 80.473

500-999 27.997

1000-1499 89.661

1500-1999 170.797

2000-2499 156.01

2500-2999 234.026

3000-3499 1381.964

3500-3999 1162.912