Edward Jay Epstein’s the Hollywood Economist is a must-read for anyone who remembers the not-too-distant age when television was known as “the boob tube” and movies were more than a series of car crashes and shoot-outs.
The author provides some excellent insights on the economics of operating a movie theater (a making all of your profit from mark-ups on popcorn, soda and other snacks) and how integral tax incentives are to films getting made these days.
Read reviews from the Wall Street Journal and The Economist.