For application case 4.6 – Data Mining Goes to
Hollywood, describe the research study, the methodology, the
results and the conclusion.
Data Mining Goes to Hollywood: Predicting Financial
Success of Movies
Predicting box-office receipts (i.e., financial success) of a
particular motion picture is an interesting and challenging
problem. According to some domain experts, the movie industry is
the “land of hunches and wild guesses” due to the difficulty
associated with forecasting product demand, making the movie
business in Hollywood a...