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How to make money in film when nobody can predict a hit
I read forty years of academic research and analysed 50,830 films to answer the question I get asked most. Here are the 18 ways people actually make money in film.
This article is part of my ‘Big Ideas’ series, in which I help readers unde...
What is the most dangerous on-screen job in the movies?
Erwin M. Schmidt reached out to point me to a new study of the survival rates of on-screen geologists in movies titled “Geologists on the silver screen—the sequel”.
Four geologists at the University of Gothenburg spent more than a decade k...
Has Hollywood become more 'packaged' over the last fifteen years?
Five years ago, 7,000 Hollywood writers fired their agents over a practice called packaging and won.
That fight, though, was almost entirely about television, not film. The most pernicious version of packaging lived in TV series, where an...
You have no idea how BIG Steven Spielberg is
My latest Film Data Scientist video, this time quantifying the sheer scale of Steven Spielberg.
’ll be uploading new video essays every couple of weeks throughout 2026, so make sure you’re subscribed on YouTube to get notified when another...
Are film directors getting older?
Kane Parsons has just become the youngest person to direct a film that reached number 1 at the US box office with his smash hit Backrooms.
Rather than celebrate this achievement, some have decided that it’s just not possible and have buil...
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I'm a film industry analyst, passionate about understanding how the industry works and sharing insights to help filmmakers get their projects funded, made, and seen. I consult for Guinness World Records on film-related records.
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