The motion picture industry is a competitive business. More than 50 studios produce a total of 300 to 400 new motion pictures each year, and the financial success of each motion picture varies considerably. The opening weekend gross sales, the total gross sales, the number of theaters the movie was shown in, and the number of weeks the motion picture was in the top 60 for gross sales are common variables used to measure the success of a motion picture. Data collected for a sample of 100 motion pictures produced in 2005 are contained in the file named movies.

MANAGERIAL REPORT:

Use the numerical methods of descriptive statistics presented in this chapter to learn how these variables contribute to the success of a motion picture. Include the following in your report.

1. Descriptive statistics for each of the four variables along with a discussion of what the descriptive statistics tell us about the motion picture industry.

2.What motion pictures, if any, should be considered high-performance outliers? Explain.

3.Descriptive statistics showing the relationship between total and gross sales and each of the other variables. Discuss.

Table 3.15

Motion Picture Opening Gross Total Gross Number of Theaters Weeks in Top 60

Coach Carter 29.17 67.25 2,574 16

Ladies in Lavender 0.15 6.65 119 22

Batman Begins 48.75 205.28 3,858 18

Unleashed 10.90 24.47 1,962 8

Pretty Persuasion 0.06 0.23 24 4

Fever Pitch 12.40 42.01 3,275 14

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 102.69 287.18 3,858 13

Monster-in-Law 23.11 82.89 3,424 16

White Noise 24.11 55.85 2,279 7

Mr. and Mrs. Smith 50.34 186.22 3,451 21

Be Cool 23.45 55.81 3,216 8

Modigliani 0.03 0.13 9 4

Flightplan 24.63 89.69 3,424 21

Steamboy 0.14 0.36 46 3

Lost Embrace 0.02 0.05 5 1

Kung Fu Hustle 0.27 17.08 2,503 16

Howl's Moving Castle 0.43 4.61 202 11

War of the Worlds 77.06 234.21 3,910 19

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 0.02 0.42 22 6

Lords of Dogtown 5.62 11.01 1,865 4

The Baxter 0.04 0.04 47 1

The Amityville Horror 23.51 64.26 3,323 6

House of Wax 12.08 32.05 3,111 12

Uncle Nino 0.17 0.17 189 1

Separate Lies 0.07 0.85 127 6

Thumbsucker 0.09 1.23 330 6

Sons of Provo 0.03 0.03 7 1

Kingdom of Heaven 19.64 47.31 3,219 12

Mrs. Henderson Presents 0.06 4.36 260 10

Casanova 0.23 11.24 1,011 8

The World's Fastest Indian 0.40 0.87 121 2

Alone in the Dark 2.83 5.13 2,124 3

Get Rich or Die Tryin' 12.02 30.97 1,666 11

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 15.34 80.83 3,211 8

Red Eye 16.17 57.86 3,134 8

Mughal-e-Azam 0.06 0.11 32 2

Head On 0.02 0.11 5 3

The Thing About My Folks 0.24 0.78 145 4

Lucky 0.15 0.15 44 1

Broken Flowers 0.78 13.65 433 12

Paradise Now 0.05 1.26 65 16

Dil Jo Bhi Kahe 0.09 0.13 33 2

Look at Me 0.07 1.66 75 13

D.E.B.S. 0.06 0.06 45 1

Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina 0.08 0.08 15 1

Viruddh 0.11 0.29 37 3

Sin City 29.12 74.00 3,230 16

Bee Season 0.12 1.14 277 7

A Lot Like Love 7.58 21.84 2,502 10

First Descent 0.44 0.74 243 3

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead 10.22 20.43 2,253 6

Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior 1.34 4.51 387 8

Me and You and Everyone We Know 0.03 3.69 160 13

Caterina in the Big City 0.01 0.16 7 5

Shaadi No. 1 0.14 0.34 45 3

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill 0.04 2.81 66 27

Mindhunters 1.91 4.45 1,040 5

Sahara 18.07 68.64 3,200 17

Racing Stripes 18.86 49.19 3,185 17

Mad Hot Ballroom 0.05 7.90 202 19

The Exorcism of Emily Rose 30.05 75.07 3,045 9

Nina's Tragedies 0.04 0.20 15 2

Home Delivery 0.05 0.05 15 1

Into the Blue 7.06 18.47 2,789 5

Ek Ajnabee 0.12 0.21 38 3

The Edukators 0.03 0.07 32 1

Magnificent Desolation 0.50 7.31 82 19

Memoirs of a Geisha 0.68 56.07 1,654 10

Cronicas 0.04 0.14 13 3

Bride and Prejudice 0.39 6.57 288 13

Happily Ever After 0.03 0.12 8 1

State Property 2 0.76 1.68 202 3

Star Wars: Episode III 108.44 380.18 3,663 19

Indigo 1.19 1.19 603 1

Imaginary Heroes 0.04 0.09 19 1

Cinderella Man 18.32 61.58 2,820 15

The Upside of Anger 0.21 18.74 1,166 15

The Skeleton Key 16.06 47.81 2,784 11

The Cave 6.15 14.89 2,195 6

The Family Stone 12.52 59.70 2,469 9

Jiminy Glick in La La Wood 0.03 0.03 24 1

High Tension 1.90 3.65 1,323 3

Yours, Mine and Ours 17.46 53.30 3,210 12

Wedding Crashers 33.90 209.22 3,131 23

Wallace and Gromit: Were-Rabbit 16.03 56.07 3,656 13

Three... Extremes 0.04 0.04 19 1

Nobody Knows 0.03 0.49 23 6

Capote 0.33 20.13 1,239 20

A History of Violence 0.52 31.46 1,348 19

Palindromes 0.06 0.51 46 7

The Devil's Rejects 7.07 16.90 1,757 5

The Greatest Game Ever Played 3.66 15.33 1,810 9

Proof 0.19 7.53 517 10

Walk the Line 22.35 113.63 3,160 13

Where the Truth Lies 0.14 0.82 92 4

Wolf Creek 4.91 16.04 1,761 7

My Summer of Love 0.09 0.97 63 7

The Producers 0.16 19.28 978 9

Happy Endings 0.24 1.25 74 6

Last Days 0.09 0.42 31 5