Film & TV · Facts & sources
4 sourced facts about cinema and the movie industry, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer1929
The first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner attended by about 270 people -- the ceremony lasted just 15 minutes.
Source: Wikipedia, Academy Awards (2024) en.wikipedia.org
Answer40,393 screens
The U.S. had about 40,393 movie screens in operation in 2017, spread across multiplexes nationwide.
Source: Wikipedia, Cinema of the United States (2017) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 90 million
At Hollywood's mid-1940s peak, an estimated 90 million Americans went to the movies every week -- far more (per capita) than today.
Source: Wikipedia, Cinema of the United States (2024) en.wikipedia.org
Answer98.5%
In 2016, about 98.5% of American feature films produced were live-action fiction, with only 1.5% being animated features.
Source: Wikipedia, Cinema of the United States (2016) en.wikipedia.org