Which factors forecast most accurately which of the nominees will win Best Picture? Total Revenue (adjusted) Total Budget (adjusted) Running Time Director Experience Source Material Studio Genre Release Date
Summary Statistics Winning Nominees MeanMinimumMaximu m MedianStandard Deviation Revenue Budget Running Time Days released before ceremony
MeanMinimumMaximumMedianStandard Deviation Revenue Budget Running Time Days released before ceremony Losing Nominees Summary Statistics
95% Confidence. H0H0 H1H1 P Value Days from Ceremony μ w -μ L =0μ w -μ L < Does a closer release date indicate a higher chance of winning? T-Test
VariableCoefficientsP-value Intercept Adjusted Revenue E Adjusted Budget E Days from release to award Running Time Experienced Director Comedy Drama Thriller True Story Original Major Studio R-Squared.143 Significance F0.034 n143
Ŷ= 1.35E -10 x E -10 x E - 4 x x x x x x x x x 11 Our Equation X 1 =Adjusted Revenue x 2 =Adjusted Budget X 3 = Release Date X 4 = Running Time X 5 = Director Experience X 6 =Comedy X 7 = Drama X 8 = Thriller X 9 = True StoryX 10 = Original X 11 = Major Studio
Film Lost in Translation Master and Commander Mystic River Seabiscuit The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ŷ
Film Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader ŷ
Conclusions The strongest correlation we found in the variables we tested was a positive correlation between running time and Oscar Winnings We showed that the common assertion that films with release dates closer to the awards ceremony are more likely to win is likely a myth Interestingly, we found a Negative correlation between experience of director and winning. Overall, our model can only account for 11% of the variability in Data. You cannot quantitatively measure how “good” a movie is.
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