available expectation of the movie's success prior to its release. CLDMT's halt price was H$44.68.
Immediately after the opening weekend, MovieStock prices are adjusted based on actual box office
grosses. Here, a set of standard multipliers come into play.3 CLDMT's holiday weekend box office
was over $19 million, and its multiplier was 2.4, leading to an 'adjust' price of H$46.55. Once the
price is adjusted, trading resumes. MovieStocks for widely released movies are delisted four
weekends into their theatrical run, at which time their delist price is calculated and stockholders
receive their payout. When CLDMT delisted on January 20, 2004, the movie had collected $65.97
million in box office revenues; its delist price therefore was H$65.97. The movie eventually earned
over $95 million in its run in U.S. theaters.