Table 2.
Descriptive statistics (652 observations over the 1994–2019 period).
| Variable | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logarithm of Chinese box office revenue (lnCR) | 8.88 | 1.62 | 0 | 12.95 |
| Logarithm of American box office revenue (lnAR) | 10.88 | 1.56 | 0 | 13.34 |
| Review Disagreements (RD) | −0.56 | 0.62 | −3.3 | 1.4 |
| American IME (IMDbranking) | 6.58 | 0.97 | 1.60 | 8.90 |
| Chinese IME (Doubanranking) | 7.14 | 0.97 | 2.90 | 9.50 |
| Logarithm of Cultural Capital (lnCC) | 13.21 | 1.84 | 0 | 16.04 |
| Co-production dummy (Co-Prod) | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0 | 1 |
| Awards winning (wins) | 12.28 | 27.13 | 0 | 243 |
| Awards nominations (nominations) | 28.29 | 42.02 | 0 | 348 |
| Sequel dummy (Sequel) | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Remade dummy (Remake) | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0 | 1 |
| Action | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Comedy | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0 | 1 |
| Science Fiction | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0 | 1 |
| Romance | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0 | 1 |
| Family | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0 | 1 |
| Adventure | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Thriller | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0 | 1 |
| Drama | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0 | 1 |
| Horror | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0 | 1 |
| Logarithm of GDP per capita in China (lnrgdppc) | 9.20 | 0.40 | 8.05 | 9.56 |
| Logarithm of GDP per capita in the U.S. (lnrgdppa) | 10.93 | 0.08 | 10.65 | 11.04 |
| Logarithm of total screens in China (lnscreenc) | 9.48 | 1.28 | 6.91 | 11.15 |
| Logarithm of total screens in U.S. (lnscreena) | 10.57 | 0.07 | 10.19 | 10.63 |
| Cumulative episodes in America (Aexp) | 1.02 | 2.46 | 0 | 23 |
| Cumulative episodes in China (Cexp) | 0.56 | 1.22 | 0 | 8 |
| Lagged Cultural Capital (L2lnCC) | 12.49 | 2.62 | 0 | 15.56 |