Hollywood movies in East Asia: Examining cultural discount and performance predictability at the box office

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-136

  Lee, Francis L F ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Box office performance; Cross culture performance predictability; Cultural discount; East Asia; Hollywood dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949108119     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292980802021855     Document Type: Article

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