Price Waterhouse Cooper Key Stats

450,000+ number of ballots counted by PwC in 77 years on the job.
2,575 number of winners’ envelopes stuffed since the envelope system was introduced in 1941.
1,700 “person-hours” it takes the PwC team every year to count and verify the ballots by hand.
77 number of years PwC has conducted the Oscar® balloting.
24 number of awards categories to be tabulated for the 83rd Academy Awards
7 days it takes to count the ballots for nominations.
3 days it takes to count the final ballots.

Final ballots were mailed recently to 5,755 voting members of the Academy on Monday, December 27, 2010 and are due in on 5pm Tuesday, February 22, 2011. And the results will not be known until the 83rd Academy Awards live telecast on ABC at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET) on Sunday, February 27, 2011.

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