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pith:2026:JXHE362P5PLYEWKRJQZIB5AISP

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Analyzing the Impact of Release Season and Production Budget on Movie Revenue and Profitability

Amirmohammad Sadeghnejad, Jason Le, Mohammad Jalili Torkamani, Pedro Gomes

Release season has limited effect on movie revenue compared to production budget and popularity.

arxiv:2605.12551 v1 · 2026-05-10 · econ.EM

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C1strongest claim

release season has limited predictive influence on revenue and return on investment (ROI). In contrast, production budget, popularity, and audience ratings are significantly more influential.

C2weakest assumption

That correlations identified in the TMDB dataset reflect stable drivers of revenue rather than being driven by omitted variables, selection effects in the data, or post-hoc model choices.

C3one line summary

Movie revenue and profitability are driven primarily by production budget, popularity, and ratings rather than release season.

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[1] Paramount on Hollywood Accounting Thirty Years Later , author=

[2] (No Title) , year=

[3] Anthony and Garcia, Joshua R

[4] The Box Office and the Long Tail: An Examination of the Effects of Streaming on the Distribution of Box Office Revenue , author=

[5] The Economics of Movies (Revisited):

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First computed	2026-05-18T03:10:02.126053Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
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4dce4dfb4febd78259514c3280f40893e3271f3aef691295484bd7aa1e9c2b6b

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arxiv: 2605.12551 · arxiv_version: 2605.12551v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.12551 · pith_short_12: JXHE362P5PLY · pith_short_16: JXHE362P5PLYEWKR · pith_short_8: JXHE362P

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