PwC and the Academy Awards®
Celebrating a 78-Year Relationship

Here’s What Counts:

As Hollywood prepares for its #1 event - The 84th Annual Academy Awards - PwC has tallied some other interesting numbers that illustrate what has gone into keeping the town’s biggest secret under wraps.
  • 450,000+ The approximate number of ballots counted by PwC in 78 years on the job.

  • 2,600+ The number of winners' envelopes stuffed since the envelope system was introduced in 1941.

  • 1,700 The approximate number of “person-hours” it takes the PwC team every year to count and verify the ballots.

  • 78 The number of years PwC has conducted the Oscar® balloting.

  • 24 The number of awards categories to be tabulated for the 84th Academy Awards at a secret location known only to the members of the small PwC ballot team.

  • 7 The number of days it takes to count the ballots for nominations.

  • 3 The number of days it takes to count the final ballots.
PwC's association with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a continuing source of pride for the Firm. Please join us for this year’s Academy Awards live on ABC at 4 p.m. PST (7 p.m. EST) on Sunday, February 26, 2012. We’re counting on it.