MGM Reissues Dataset (Season by Season Comparison), 1925-1957

MGM Reissues Dataset (Season by Season Comparison), 1925-1957

Reissues

The Eddie Mannix ledger accounts for reissue revenue within the original season of release. For example, the ledger allocates the $234,000 in domestic rentals that Manhattan Melodrama earned in its 1937 reissue to the revenue and profitability of the 1934 season (the year that film was originally released). Because I wanted to get a better grasp on the difference that reissues made to the bottom line in their year of reissue, I reallocated the reissue revenue to the appropriate year. These adjustments are reflected in the adjustments noted within this spreadsheet. Is this new dataset perfect? No, but I think it's slightly better. In the end, we have to try to do our best with the evidence that we have.

Eric Hoyt

Eddie Mannix Ledger, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library

1925-1957