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84th Academy Awards Information
Number of features eligible for Best Picture this year
(84th Academy Awards, 2011) 265
Number of features eligible for Best Picture last year
(83rd Academy Awards, 2010) 248
Number of countries submitting foreign language films 63
Number of voting members 5,783
Number of ushers / ticket takers inside the Kodak
Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® 40
Number of Red Carpet fan bleacher seats 700
Number of people who work in the Oscar® telecast
production office Approx. 300
Number of production vehicles / trailers
(including press and catering) Approx. 100
Number of crew members working during the telecast Approx. 350
Telecast rating and share for 83rd Academy Awards Rating: 21.1 Share: 33
How many Americans watched the 83rd Academy
Awards show? (estimate) Average U.S. audience: 37.9 million
Number of countries in which the 84th Oscar telecast
will be seen
More than 225
Estimated global viewership of 84th Academy Awards
show Several hundred million
Number of Oscar statuettes created for 84th
Academy Awards 50
Number of Oscar statuettes given out at the 83rd
Academy Awards
41
Number of competitive award categories for the 84th
Academy Awards 24
Awards presented at the Governors Awards on
November 12, 2011 Honorary Awards (Oscar statuettes) to James Earl
Jones and Dick Smith;
Oprah Winfrey received
the Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Award
(Oscar statuette)
84th ACADEMY AWARDS® FACT SHEET
Academy Awards Press
Number of press organizations requesting credentials
for 84th Academy Awards 916
Total number of press credentials requested for the
84th Academy Awards 6,269
Number of outlets issued credentials for the 83rd
Academy Awards 277
Total number press credentials issued for the 83rd
Academy Awards (including technical personnel) 1,958
Number of still photographers on the red carpet for
the 83rd Academy Awards 87
Number of TV press on the red carpet for the 83rd
Academy Awards, including camera operators, audio
technicians and other crew
318
Number of print reporters on the red carpet for the
83rd Academy Awards 96
The Oscar® Statuette
Total number of Oscar statuettes presented since the
first Academy Awards 2,809 (includes the 3 Oscars®
presented at the
Governors Awards event
on November 12, 2011)
Height of Oscar statuette 131⁄2 inches
Diameter of Oscar statuette base 51⁄4 inches
Weight of Oscar statuette 81⁄2 pounds
84th ACADEMY AWARDS® FACT SHEET
Oscar® Telecast
Best rating and share in the past 30 years Best rating: 38.0 in 1983
(share: 59)
Latest telecast date in the past 20 years March 30, 1992
(64th Academy Awards)
Earliest telecast date in the past 20 years February 22, 2009
(81st Academy Awards)
Longest Oscar telecast 74th Academy Awards
show, in 2002, with a
running time of 4 hours,
23 minutes
Shortest Oscar telecast 31st Academy Awards
show, in 1959, with a
running time of 1 hour,
40 minutes
Date of first televised show March 19, 1953
(25th Academy Awards)
Date since which ABC has been the broadcaster of
the Academy Awards (uninterrupted) March 29, 1976 (48th Academy Awards)
Total number of years that ABC has broadcast the
Academy Awards (including this year) 47 (ABC was the broadcaster for a 10-
year stint from the 33rd
to 42nd Academy
Awards, in addition to its
current run)
Oscar Venues
Venue that has hosted the most Academy Awards
presentations Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with 25 Oscar
shows
Number of Oscar shows hosted at the Kodak Theatre,
including the 84th Academy Awards 11
Seating capacity of the Kodak Theatre on Oscar night 3,300
Length of the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre Approx. 500 feet
Width of the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre Approx. 33 feet
84th ACADEMY AWARDS® FACT SHEET
Miscellaneous Oscar® Trivia
Person who has hosted the most Academy Awards
shows Bob Hope, with 19 host appearances
Oldest Academy Awards show poster in the collection
of the Margaret Herrick Library 32nd Academy Awards show poster (show on
April 4, 1960 honoring
films of 1959)
Size of most common set-dressing Oscar 34 in. diameter (base)
71⁄2 feet tall
65 pounds
Governors Ball
Date of the first Governors Ball March 26, 1958,
following the 30th
Academy Awards
presentation. Held at the
Beverly Hilton Hotel, in
the Grand Ballroom
Number of Governors Balls, including the 84th
Academy Awards 54
Since 1958 the number of times there has not been a
Governors Ball
1 (40th Academy
Awards) – cancelled
after the assassination of
Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Size of the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland
Center 25,090 square feet
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