Oscar by the numbers

The Oscars themselves deserve an Oscar for their record-keeping. Here is a selection of statistics:

64: Walt Disney's record Oscar nominations. He won 26.

13: Record for acting nominations, Meryl Streep. Katharine Hepburn holds the distinction of the most wins with four Leading Actress Oscars.

11: Top number of Oscar wins by a film, by Ben-Hur (1959), and Titanic (1997).

3: Women nominated for directing Oscars. They are Sofia Coppola (2004), Jane Campion (1993) and Lina Wertmuller (1976).

15: Different venues where the awards have been held.

36: The original number of members of the Academy.

5700: Current number of voting members of the Academy.

US$100,000: The estimated cost of the gift bag A-list stars, including nominees and presenters, will walk away with after the awards. Presenters are not paid for appearing.

24: Number of categories in the main awards ceremony. The Academy hands out awards in scientific and technical categories at at ceremony a couple of weeks before the main event.

11: The number of nominations The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received this year. (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (adaptation), Film Editing, Visual Effects, Costume Design, Art Direction, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Original Song, and Original Score)

34.3 Centimeters is the height of the little golden guy. It weighs 3.8kg.

6: Shirley Temple's age when she received an honorary Oscar in 1934 for making nine films. Nine!

7: Vincent Winter's age when he won an honorary Oscar in 1954. Vincent Who?

10: Jon Whiteley's age when he was awarded an honorary Oscar for appearing with Vincent Winter in The Little Kidnappers.

10: Tatum O'Neal's age when she won an Oscar for best supporting actress in Paper Moon in 1973.

11: New Zealander Anna Paquin's age when she won best supporting actress for The Piano in 1993.

13: New Zealander Keisha Castle-Hughes' age when she became, in January 2004, the youngest person ever nominated for a best actress award, for Whale Rider.

8: Minutes of screen time for Dame Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love, for which she won Best Supporting Actress in 1998. Go figure.

1: Oscar who won an Oscar. Oscar Hammerstein II, Best Song in 1941 and 1945.

2: Films in which the entire cast was nominated for Oscars: Sleuth in 1972 and Give 'Em Hell, Harry in 1975.

32: Record for Foreign Language Film nominations, held by France.

5: Nominations for Alfred Hitchcock for Best Director. He never won.