Cantor Fitzgerald has gotten approval to move ahead with its planned market for trading movie box-office futures, Bloomberg reports. The market would be like a real-life Hollywood Stock Exchange where investors can buy and sell stock based on how well a given film will do. While the proposed exchange was contested by some Hollywood execs, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted to allow its creation.
Apr 20
2010
06:58 PM ET
Cantor Fitzgerald gains U.S. approval for box office stock market
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I would wager that LEGEND of THE SEEKER- THE MOVIE will overtake AVATAR as the highest grossing film of all time!
I would always bet on Pixar films, just like what Jack Black jokingly/but truthfully said about them being better than those Dreamworks pop trash a couple of Oscars ago!! bbwahahahaha!!
Wow, I haven’t seen the name Cantor Fitzgerald since 9/11. Good luck to them!