In most countries, average first-week viewership almost doubles that of average overall weekly viewership, so he focused on forecasting first-week performance.

• 在大多数国家，平均一部电影第一周的上座率几乎是这部电影整体平均周上座率的两倍，因此Chintagunta的研究重点放在预测第一周的票房业绩。