COVID-19’s Impact on the Box office: Machine Learning and Difference-in-Difference

As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, and non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) continue to be strengthened, the impact of COVID-19 on the film industry has not yet been clearly quantified. In this study, the Difference-in-Difference model is used to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the box office. Results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has a significant negative...