The Bose-Einstein process leads to extreme inequality in the final distribution of total motion picture revenues. These results show that conventional thinking about the revenue expectations of motion pictures is misleading. It is no use speaking of an average or expected revenue, even for films expected to be blockbusters. Big stars and budgets affect the number of opening engagements. But after opening, a film must make it on its own and a large number of engagements can as easily lead to rapid death as to great success.
Genre too has no predictive value.