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Leading broadcast and cable primetime telecasts in the United States in 2016, by number of viewers (in millions)

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The statistic shows the leading broadcast and cable primetime telecasts in the United States in 2016, by number of viewers. The Academy Awards telecast, aired on February 28, 2016, ranked fifth with 34.43 million viewers.

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Film studio ranking by number of

Film studio ranking by number of "Best Picture" Academy Awards 1990-2017

Academy Awards - number of viewers 2000-2017

Academy Awards - number of viewers 2000-2017

Box office revenue of

Box office revenue of "Best Picture" winners at the Oscars from 2001 to 2017

Actors with the most Oscars

Actors with the most Oscars

Box office revenue of

Box office revenue of "Best Picture" nominees at the Academy Awards in 2017

Box office revenue of

Box office revenue of "Best Foreign Language Film" winners at the Oscars 2001-2017

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Statistics on "Academy Awards"

Winners & nominees

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Actors with the most Oscar nominations from 1929 to 2017Actors with the most Oscar nominations 2017
Actors with the most Oscars from 1929 to 2017Actors with the most Oscars
Film studio ranking by number of "Best Picture" Academy Awards from 1990 to 2017Film studio ranking by number of "Best Picture" Academy Awards 1990-2017
Number of Oscar winners in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" from 1948 to 2017, by countryOscars in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" 1948-2017, by country
Briefest performances to win an Academy Award as of March 2016 (in seconds)Briefest performances to win an Academy Award 2016
Number of Academy Awards nominations in 2017, by filmAcademy Awards nominations in 2017, by film
Movies with the most Academy Awards nominations as of 2017Movies with the most Oscar nominations as of 2017
Net worth of "Best Actor" Academy Award nominees in the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Oscar Best Actor nominees net worth 2017

Academy demographics

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Distribution of "Best Director" winners at the Academy Awards from 1927 to 2015, by genderDistribution of "Best Director" winners at the Academy Awards 1927-2015, by gender
Distribution of acting category winners at the Academy Awards from 1928 to 2015, by ethnicityEthnicity distribution of acting winners at the Academy Awards 1928-2015
Number of movies eligible for an Academy Award in the United States in 2016, by category and director genderDistribution of Oscar-eligible films in the U.S. by gender and category 2016
Distribution of actors and actresses who have won an Academy Awards as of 2014, by ageDistribution of Academy Awards winners 2014, by age
Distribution of voters at the Academy Awards in 2016, by genderDistribution of voters at the Academy Awards 2016, by gender
Distribution of voters at the Academy Awards in 2016, by ethnicityDistribution of voters at the Academy Awards 2016, by ethnicity
Average age of Academy Awards winners in acting categories between 1929 and 2016Age of Academy Awards winners in acting categories 1929-2016
Distribution of roles that have earned actresses an Academy Award from 1929 to 2013, by typeTypes of roles that have earned actresses an Academy Award 1929-2013

Box office results

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Domestic and worldwide box office revenue of Academy Award "Best Picture" nominees in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Box office revenue of "Best Picture" nominees at the Academy Awards in 2017
Domestic box office revenue of Academy Award winning movies in the "Best Picture" category from 2001 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Box office revenue of "Best Picture" winners at the Oscars from 2001 to 2017
Box office revenues of Academy Award "Best Picture" winners and the highest grossing films of the year from 2000 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)Box office revenues: Academy Awards winners vs. box office hits from 2000-2016
Box office revenue of Academy Award winning movies in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category from 2001 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Box office revenue of "Best Foreign Language Film" winners at the Oscars 2001-2017
Production budget of the Academy Award "Best Picture" nominees in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Budget of "Best Picture" nominees at the Academy Awards in 2017

Audience

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Number of viewers of the Academy Awards ceremonies from 2000 to 2017 (in millions)Academy Awards - number of viewers 2000-2017
Number of viewers of the Academy Awards ceremonies in Canada from 2012 to 2017 (in millions)Academy Awards viewer numbers in Canada 2012-2017
Household TV ratings during the Academy Awards from 2002 to 2017TV ratings during the Academy Awards 2002-2017
Leading broadcast and cable primetime telecasts in the United States in 2016, by number of viewers (in millions)Most watched primetime telecasts in the U.S. 2016
If a movie wins an Oscar, would you be...?Influence of an Academy Award on movie viewership in the U.S. 2016

Social media

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Most popular Academy Awards moments on Twitter as measured in tweets per minute on March 2, 2014Academy Awards moments with the most tweets per minute in 2014
Most popular movie nominees at the Academy Awards 2017, by social media actionsAcademy Awards movie nominee online buzz 2017
Most popular Best Foreign Film nominees at the Academy Awards 2014, by number of Twitter mentions (in 1000s)Online buzz: popular Best Foreign Film nominees at the Academy Awards 2014

Advertising

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Sponsorship spending on award shows in the United States from 2011 to 2015 (in million U.S. dollars)Sponsorship spending on award shows in the U.S. 2011-2015
Most active award show sponsors in the United States as of February 2015Most active award show sponsors in the U.S. 2015
Advertising revenue at the Academy Awards from 2002 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)Advertising revenue at the Academy Awards 2002-2016
Leading advertisers at the Academy Awards in 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)Leading advertisers at the Academy Awards 2016
Network advertising time during the Academy Awards from 2011 to 2016 (in minutes)Advertising time during the Academy Awards 2011-2016
Average price for screening a 30-second commercial during the Academy Awards from 2002 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)Advertising price during the Academy Awards broadcast 2002-2016
Network advertising time per hour during the Academy Awards from 2008 to 2015 (in seconds)Advertising time per hour during the Academy Awards from 2008 to 2015
How excited do you typically get to watch the commercials during the Academy Awards?Level of excitement at Academy Awards ads in the U.S. 2017

Fun facts

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Most popular words in Academy Awards acceptance speeches for best acting categories between 1988 and 2013Most popular words in Academy Awards speeches 1988-2013
Oldest living Academy Award winners as of March 2017, by ageAcademy Awards: oldest living winners as of 2017, by age
Oldest directing Academy Award winners as of February 2017, by ageAcademy Award: oldest directing winners as of February 2017, by age
Increase in the number of babies named after Academy Award winners in the United States as of March 2014Increase in the number of babies named after Academy Award winners 2014

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