Los Angeles (dpa) – Beyond the champagne and the red carpet, the Oscars are a numbers game. Here are some key ones.
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.
Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee
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.
Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (L) and US actor Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of The Revenant in Mexico City, 26 January 2016. Inarritu took the top prize at the 68th annual Directors Guild of America awards 6 February.
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.
