The Hollywood Economist 2.0 - The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies

A fully revised edition of the popular guide to Hollywood finances, updated to reflect even newer films and trends
In 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...