Should sequels differ from original movies in pre-launch advertising schedule? Lessons from consumers' online search activity |
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Authors: | Ho Kim Norris I Bruce |
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Institution: | 1. University of Missouri-St. Louis, College of Business Administration, 1 University Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA;2. University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management, 800 W Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, USA |
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Abstract: | Sequels have become a profitable strategy in the U.S. motion picture industry because of their strong name recognition. However, while the established positioning of a sequel may help insulate it from competing firms' advertising messages, its familiarity may cause moviegoers to be more easily satiated with advertising from the sequel. Therefore, this study examines how sequels differ from original concept movies in terms of their ad effectiveness. We focus our analysis on pre-launch periods, given these periods' importance in shaping the financial outcomes of motion pictures. We consider the weekly online search volume of a movie as a measure of consumer interest in it, and thus as an intermediate response to pre-launch advertising. We then develop a model that assumes ad effectiveness can decline, due to copy and repetition wearout, and increase, due to forgetting, over time. We find that copy wearout is greater for original movies, while repetition wearout and forgetting are greater for sequels. These findings suggest that sequels should allocate more in early pre-launch periods and less immediately before release, relative to originals, to maximize pre-launch consumer interest. |
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Keywords: | Pre-launch advertising Dynamic ad effectiveness Motion pictures Sequels Original movies Media schedules Online keyword search Tobit state-space model MCMC |
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