The Hollywood economist
by Edward Jay Epstein · first published 2010
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In a Freakonomics meets Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood's "invisible money machine," probing the dazzlingly complicated finances behind the hits and the flops, while he answers the surprisingly puzzling question: How do the studios make their money?Along the way we also learn much about star system and what makes the business tick:+ What it costs to insure Nicole Kidman's right knee ...+ How and why the studios harvest silver from old film prints ...+ Why stars do--or don't do--their own stunts ...+ Why Arnold Schwarzenegge
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Also, if you're interested in "Hollywood accounting", I suggest checking out the book The Hollywood Economist[0] [0]http://www.amazon.com/The-Hollywood-Economist-Financial-Real...
on “How Does the Film Industry Actually Make Money?” ↗…from paper to digital). Now there's not an obvious successor to DVDs, and movie studios might become, or be becoming, more like book publishers. * Further background reading: Edward Jay Epstein, The Hollywood Economist.
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on “Ask HN: Went to the movies today, how the heck can they pay so many people?” ↗