How much money do movies make on a single weekend? Does this amount in any way predict the movie’s success or failure, or is the movie’s total monetary success more dependent on the number of weeks that the movie remains in the movie theaters? In a recent week, the following data was collected for the top 10 movies in theaters that weekend.

a. Which pairs of variables in the table do you think will have a positive correlation? Which pairs will have a negative correlation? Explain.

b. Draw a scatterplot relating the gross to date to the number of weeks in release. How would you describe the relationship between these two variables?

c. Draw a scatterplot relating the weekend gross to the number of screens on which the movie is being shown. How would you describe the relationship between these two variables?

d. Draw a scatterplot relating the per-screen average to the number of screens on which the movie is being shown. How would you describe the relationship between these two variables?