Thursday, October 27, 2016

The value of gun-toting film stars

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/10/daily-chart-15

But gun-toting may bring actors more than just moral satisfaction. The number of different guns an actor has handled in films is strongly correlated with Ulmer scores, which measure an actor’s bankability—or ability to draw financing—on a scale from 0 to 300. This trend holds even when controlling for the total number of acting credits. Denzel Washington seems to hold a different gun in each movie in which he stars.