Movie lovers have long made bets among themselves over how well a particular release will do at the box office. Beginning next month, they may be able to make that bet through a futures contract issued by New York broker Cantor Fitzgerald. Cantor has announced it expects final approval by 20th April of its domestic box office receipt movie futures contract, which will allow 24-hour trading based on a film's box office performance. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reviewing the proposal for box office futures to be traded on the Cantor Exchange.

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