Oscars 2016: Important numbers
Updated | By DPA
The annual Academy Awards will be handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday night, but beyond the champagne and the red carpet, here are some key numbers.
88: Times the Oscars have been held, including Sunday’s ceremony.
225: Number of countries where the Oscars will be broadcast live.
45: Time allotted for each televised acceptance speech, in seconds.
2: Words in shortest ever acceptance speech, by Alfred Hitchcock in receipt of a lifetime achievement award. The words were “Thank you.”
5.5: Length of longest Oscars acceptance speech, by Greer Garson, in receipt of best actress in 1943, in minutes.
14: Most Oscar nominations ever scored by a single film, a tie between Titanic (1997) and All About Eve (1950).
12: Most nominations for a film this year, for The Revenant.
6: Number of times The Revenant star and best actor favourite Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for an Oscar.
0: Number of Oscars DiCaprio has won, so far.
20: Record for number of Oscar nominations without a win, held by sound mixer Kevin O’Connell.
39: Years between Sylvester Stallone’s first acting nomination, for Rocky, and his second, for Creed.
14: Black actors who have won Oscars in the ceremony’s 88-year-history.
95: Percentage of 20th century Oscar nominations that went to white actors.
2: Percentage of Academy voters who are black.
62: Average age of an Academy voter, according to a 2012 Los Angeles Times survey.
680: Estimated value of a 24-karat gold-plated britannium Oscar, in dollars, according to financial blog WalletHub.
34: Height of an Oscar, in centimeters.
3.85: Weight of an Oscar, in kilograms.
7 million: Estimated value to a studio of a best picture win, in dollars, according to WalletHub.
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