84th Academy Awards Fact Sheet

84th ACADEMY AWARDS® FACT SHEET

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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







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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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Billy Crystal will serve as host for the 84th Academy Awards

Photo credit: Bob D'Amico / ABC

 

BILLY CRYSTAL TO RETURN AS HOST FOR 
84TH ACADEMY AWARDS ® 

Producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer have announced that Billy Crystal will
serve as host for the 84th Academy Awards. “I’m thrilled to welcome Billy back to the
Oscar® stage,” said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom
Sherak.  “He’s a comic legend and Oscar icon, and it feels good to have him back
where he belongs.”
Commented Grazer, “Like so many others, I’ve been eager to see Billy host
again.  It’s very gratifying that he agreed to do it with Don and me at the helm.”
Said Mischer, "With Billy, we're moving forward with one of the greatest hosts in
Oscar history.  His return to the Oscars® is, in a sense, a celebration."
 This will mark Crystal’s ninth time as host.  Only Bob Hope has hosted more
Academy Awards presentations, with 19 ceremonies between 1940 and 1978.  Crystal
last hosted the Academy Awards in 2004.
“Some of the best moments of my career have happened on the Oscar stage.  I
am thrilled to be back there.  Actually, I am doing this so that the young woman in my
pharmacy will stop asking me my name when I pick up my prescriptions,” said Crystal.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on
Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®,
and televised live by the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar® presentation also will be
televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide. 


ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a
membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual
Academy Awards – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse
year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-
related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and,
through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to
movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the
entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

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82nd Annual Academy Awards

Sunday March 7, 2010 THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCES THE KODAK THEATRE, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA Each January, the entertainment community and film fans around the world turn their attention to the Academy Awards. Interest and anticipation builds to a fevered pitch leading up to the Oscar telecast in February, when hundreds of millions of movie lovers tune in to watch the glamorous ceremony and learn who will receive the highest honors in filmmaking. The Oscars reward the previous year’s greatest cinema achievements as determined by some of the world’s most accomplished motion picture artists and professionals. The Academy’s roughly 6,000 members vote for the Oscars using secret ballots, which are tabulated by the international auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The auditors maintain absolute secrecy until the moment the show’s presenters open the envelopes and reveal the winners on live television.
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	during the 31st Annual American Music Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles, on November 16, 2003	with Nick Lachey during the 31st Annual American Music Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles, on November 16, 2003.	with Nick Lachey during the premiere of Columbia Pictures "Charlies Angels: Full Throttle," on June 18, 2003 in Los Angeles.
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