Script facts & stats

Question 1

Of the 1,000+ screenplays featured on The Black List since 2005, about what share have gone on to be produced as films?

Accepted Answer

about 45% (at least 450 of 1,000+). Being on the Black List dramatically boosts a script's odds of getting made, since it's a curated pick from executives.

Question 2

Movies made from Black List screenplays have grossed a combined total of about how much at the box office?

Accepted Answer

over $30 billion combined. Films like Argo, Juno, and Slumdog Millionaire all started as Black List scripts.

Question 3

As of the 92nd Academy Awards, how many of the previous 10 Best Picture Oscars went to former Black List scripts?

Accepted Answer

4 of the last 10. That's a remarkable hit rate for scripts that once sat unproduced on a list of industry favorites.

Question 4

One of the earliest known spec-script sales, Preston Sturges' 'The Power and the Glory,' sold for about how much in 1933?

Accepted Answer

$17,500 plus back-end revenue. Sturges is often credited as one of the first screenwriters to negotiate a share of a film's profits.

Script facts & stats

Going deeper

Of the 1,000+ screenplays featured on The Black List since 2005, about what share have gone on to be produced as films?

Movies made from Black List screenplays have grossed a combined total of about how much at the box office?

Expert level

As of the 92nd Academy Awards, how many of the previous 10 Best Picture Oscars went to former Black List scripts?

One of the earliest known spec-script sales, Preston Sturges' 'The Power and the Glory,' sold for about how much in 1933?