82nd ACADEMY AWARDS® FACT SHEET

82nd Academy Awards Information for 2010

• Number of features eligible for Best Picture this year (82nd Academy Awards, 2009): 274
• Number of features eligible for Best Picture last year (81st Academy Awards, 2008): 280
• Number of countries submitting foreign language films: 65
• Number of voting members: 5,777
• Number of times Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have hosted the Academy Awards show. This will be Martin’s third time; and Baldwin’s first
• 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 production office Approx. 300
  Number of production vehicles / trailers (including press and catering): Approx. 100
• Number of crew members working during the red carpet arrivals segment: Approx. 130
• Number of crew members working during the telecast: Approx. 350
• Telecast rating and share for 81st Academy Awards Rating: 20.6 Share: 31
• How many Americans watched the 81st Academy Awards show? (estimate) Average U.S. audience: 36.3 million
• Number of countries in which the 82nd Oscar® telecast will be seen: More than 200
• Estimated global viewership of 82nd Academy Awards show: Several hundred million
• Number of Oscar statuettes created for 82nd Academy Awards: 50
• Number of Oscar statuettes given out at the 81st Academy Awards (including statuettes given out at the Scientific and Technical Awards): 34 (including the Sawyer Award to Ed Catmull, presented at the Scientific and Technical
  Awards ceremony)
• Number of competitive award categories for the 82nd Academy Awards: 24 (not including Sci/Tech Awards)
• Honorary Awards were presented at the Governors Awards on November 14, 2009. Oscar statuettes to: Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman, Gordon Willis; John Calley received the Irving G. Thalberg Award

Oscar's Press & Media

• Number of press organizations requesting credentials for 82nd Academy Awards: 649
• Total number of press credentials requested for the 82nd Academy Awards: 4,895
• Number of outlets receiving credentials for the 81st Academy Awards: 255
• Total number press credentials issued for the 81st Academy Awards (including technical personnel): 1,948
• Number of photographers on the red carpet for the 81st Academy Awards: 89
• Number of TV press on the red carpet for the 81st Academy Awards, including camera operators, audio technicians and other crew: 289
• Number of print reporters on the red carpet for the 81st Academy Awards:117

The Oscar Statuette

Total number of Oscar statuettes presented since the first Academy Awards: 2,738 (including Honorary Awards – presented at the Governors Awards event on November 14, 2009 – to Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman, Gordon Willis; not including 82nd Awards)

• Height of Oscar statuette: 131/2 inches
• Diameter of Oscar statuette base: 51/4 inches
• Weight of Oscar statuette: 81/2 pounds

The 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): 45 (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 82nd Academy Awards: 9
• 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

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 82nd Academy Awards: 52
• Since the first Governors Ball following the 30th Academy Awards, number of times there has not been a Governors Ball: 1 (40th Academy Awards) – cancelled due to 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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