Uncertainty in the Movie Industry: Does Star Power Reduce the Terror of the Box Office?Arthur De Vany, W. David Walls1999-11-01articleJournal of Cultural Economics484 citationsclosedNo readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.Cinema and Media StudiesCinema History and CriticismCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentAbstractNo abstract was published for this record.Citations in this libraryStored only when both papers are in the corpus — 484 citations exist upstream.References1993The myopia of learning1963The Variation of Certain Speculative Prices1997The variation of certain speculative prices1975The illusion of control.1995Scaling behaviour in the dynamics of an economic index2009The Economics of Superstars1963Mandelbrot and the Stable Paretian Hypothesis1997Information, Blockbusters and Stars? A Study of the Film IndustryCited by2014Does Twitter matter? The impact of microblogging word of mouth on consumers’ adoption of new movies2007The Power of Stars: Do Star Actors Drive the Success of Movies?2005Reputation and Strength of Ties in Predicting Commercial Success and Artistic Merit of Independents in the Italian Feature Film Industry*2016Early Predictions of Movie Success: The Who, What, and When of Profitability2003Motion picture profit, the stable Paretian hypothesis, and the curse of the superstar2006The impact of film reviews on the box office performance of art house versus mainstream motion pictures2002Does Hollywood Make Too Many R‐Rated Movies? Risk, Stochastic Dominance, and the Illusion of Expectation2007Why Some Awards Are More Effective Signals of Quality Than Others: A Study of Movie Awards†