futures contracts can help Hollywood hedge its losses, essentially offering insurance that would allow risk to be defrayed to traders.” Just like how financial companies and hedge funds invented many of the financial instruments and then bet against those very instruments, Hollywood could, if they wanted to, bet against their own films.
Being that most films lose money, it may be fairly easy to short a film’s opening weekend or opening month performance.
Many websites that are dedicated to film are often fueled by hype and gossip regarding the actors, actresses, directors, and many other personnel involved in the industry. This news is often re-spun and aggregated creating large holes of information and gossip that is not always true. Essentially, trading motion picture futures may rely on the inaccurate information and news from these news-based