[wizawuza]

Anyone that read the 26 pages (sorry, I'm lazy), can you comment on whether they take into account timing of releases? In other words, if the best and biggest movies come out right after the shutdown, sales could have increased due simply to that.

[anigbrowl]

I can't access the site right now (HN effect??) but it would be surprising if they didn't, given the widespread understanding of release scheduling within and without the industry. Whole books are written about release timing, and the film industry supports two daily trade newspapers, whose economic analysis is as sophisticated as those in any other industry.