Data Documentation Template for Weekend Movie Box Office Receipts

NAME: movieweekend.dat
TYPE: text (tab delimited)
SIZE: 48KB, 5 variables, 1254 observations, header row

DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT: This file contains weekend per theater box office receipts for 49 movies. This data is to accompany the article entitled Movie Data.

SOURCES: Values have been retrieved from http://www.the-numbers.com/.

VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS: The first variable is the movie’s number in the alphabetical list, the second is the movie title, the third is a counter for the number of observations, the fourth is the per theater weekend box office receipt amount in dollars, and the fifth is the date (mm/dd/yyyy). Movie titles are arranged alphabetically and data is chronological.

SPECIAL NOTES: 

STORY BEHIND THE DATA: We find that both large and small movies tend to exhibit a similar non-linear trend. Students seem to appreciate working with data that reflects money they have spent.

PEDAGOGICAL NOTES: This data has been used in introductory statistics classes as well as in forecasting curricula. A complete set of classroom and project assignments, with solutions, is submitted with the article Movie Data.

REFERENCES: Data and information retrieved from 
http://www.the-numbers.com/
www.oscars.org/awardsdatabase
www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/100yearslist.aspx http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Sundance_Film_Festival/).


SUBMITTED BY:
Constance H. McLaren, Analytical Department, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809
Concetta A. DePaolo, Analytical Department, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809