Entertainment science: data analytics and practical theory for movies, games, books, and music

The entertainment industry has long been dominated by legendary screenwriter William Goldman's 'nobody-knows-anything' mantra, which argues that success is the result of managerial intuition and instinct.

This book builds the case that combining such intuition with data analytics and rigorous scholarly knowledge provides a source of sustainable competitive advantage - the same recipe for success that is behind the rise of firms such as Netflix and Spotify, but has also fueled Disney's recent success.