Box Office Forecasting considering Competitive Environment and Word-of-Mouth in Social Networks: A Case Study of Korean Film Market

Table 1

Main contributions of this study.

Categories	Explanatory variables	Forecasting algorithms	Time-horizon
Considering factors	Screening		Three forecasting horizons
	Competition
	Word-of-mouth (WOM)
Employed techniques	Genetic algorithm (GA)	Machine learning
		Forecasting combination
Interpretation	Two scenarios under three forecasting horizons
	Scenario 1: competition, WOM, machine learning, and forecasting combination
	Scenario 2: WOM, competition, machine learning, and forecasting combination