Fri, December 16, 2005
Movie Math Dept.—9:22 AM
This kid from Oklahoma has come up with a formula for predicting box-office success, and he's got Hollywood studios interested. The prediction is only accurate 37% of the time (probably still beats Hollywood executives 5-to-1), and cannot account for intricacies of plot or character.
So, expect to see a lot of movies in the next four years which feature no plot or dialogue, just four "name" actors standing in front of a blank background, but with a very precisely calculated budget and a huge amount of CG effects.
Hooray, Hollywood studios! They never let us down! (By which I mean, they always live up to our expectation of being let down by them.)
