A fully revised edition of the popular guide to Hollywood finances, updated to reflect even newer films and trendsIn a Freakonomics-meets-Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood’s «invisible money machine,» probing the dazzlingly complicated finances behind the hits and flops, while he answers a surprisingly difficult question: How do the studiosmake their money?In this, a revised and updated edition The Hollywood Economist, we learn:+ The future of Netflix: Why the «next big thing» now seems in such deep trouble…+ What it costs to insure Nicole Kidman’s right knee…+ How Hollywood manipulates Wall Street, including the story of the acquisition of MGM… wherein a consortium of banks and hedge funds lost some $5 billion… while Hollywood made millions.+ Why Arnold Schwarzenegger is considered a contract genius…+ The fate of serious…
