The role of actors and actresses in the success of films: how much is a movie star worth?

Entertainment industry economics: a guide for financial analysis

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 568 citations

Entertainment Marketing, Film Study, Media Industries +20

Predicting Success of Theatrical Movies: An Empirical Study

Barry R. Litman · The Journal of Popular Culture · 1983 · 406 citations

Film Study, Theatrical Movies, Theatre +3

Hollywood--The Dream Factory: An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers.

Robert Bierstedt, Hortense Powdermaker · American Sociological Review · 1951 · 277 citations

Dream Factory, Film Study, Cultural Studies +8

Modeling Goes to Hollywood: Predicting Individual Differences in Movie Enjoyment

Jehoshua Eliashberg, Mohanbir Sawhney · Management Science · 1994 · 214 citations

Film Study, Affective Design, Affective Variable +24

Hollywood: The Movie Colony, The Movie Makers.

Martin H. Neumeyer, Leo Calvin Rosten · American Sociological Review · 1942 · 207 citations

Film Study, Media Industries, Arts +6