=+28. Movie revenues. How does what a movie earns relate to its run time? Will audiences pay more for a longer film?

Does the relationship depend on the type of film?

The scatterplot shows the relationship for the films in Exercise 27 between U.S. Gross earnings and Run Time.

Dramas are plotted with purple dots, comedies with green squares, horror/thriller/action films with blue diamonds, and adventure movies with orange crosses. Regression lines have been drawn for each type of movie. US Gross ($) 300,000,000 200,000,000 100,000,000 75 100 125 150 Run Time (minutes)

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