The Big Dollar Figures Behind Hollywoods Biggest Night

MONEY Everyday Money Hollywood The Big Dollar Figures Behind Hollywoods Biggest Night Adam TaylorABC via Getty Images At this Sunday's Academy Awards, all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood will be on displayat a price, of course.

The 87th Academy Awards, being held on February 22, is heavy on film nominees that were made on (relatively) small budgets, with (relatively) meager box office grosses to match. Even so, like any Oscars, a small fortune will be spent on the buildup to this years awards ceremony, as well as the big night itself.

Heres a breakdown of some of the big and small dollar amountsOK, mostly BIGbehind the Academy Awards.

1: Number of 2015 Best Picture nominees to earn more than $100 million at the box office, in whats shaping up as an especially blockbuster-light Oscars ceremony. Clint Eastwoods war drama American Sniper walks away with the honor, but it hardly compares to Avatar, which earned a whopping $2.8 billion in 2010, the highest on record for any BP nominee. Ironically, Avatar lost out to The Hurt Locker, which is the lowest-grossing movie to win Best Picture, pulling in only $14.7 million at the box office before the awards.

$400: The surprisingly low estimate for what one of the Oscar statuettes is actually worth. Mind you, an Oscar isnt solid gold but is merely gold-plated. Besides, the real value comes with the name connected to the statue: Joan Crawfords only Oscar, which she received for her performance in Mildred Pierce, sold at auction for $426,732 in 2012, while Orson Welles Best Screenplay Oscar for Citizen Kane sold for $861,542 at auction in 2011.

$25,000 $30,000: The cost of the much-hyped 16,500-square-foot red carpet that Hollywood stars stroll down before the Oscars, according to Red Carpet Systems in Los Angeles. (Installations included in the figure.)

$85,000: The per-ticket price scalpers were trying to command by selling seats to the awards show in 2008. Since attendees sign a contract that prohibits them from selling or even giving away their seats, scalped Oscar tickets are all but unheard of today.

$125,000: The value of the swag bag given to Academy Award nominees in 2015. Besides lavish vacations and accessories, this years bag includes a $20,000 gift certificate to have Olessia Kantor, the founder of Enigma Life, meet with the nominees to discuss their 2015 horoscopes, analyze their dreams and teach them mind control techniques.

$500,000 vs. $3.9 million: Hollywood agents estimate that winning an Oscar results in a pay increase of about 20% for the performers next project. However, much like in the real world, theres reportedly a notable gender wage gap. Actors can expect a $3.9 million increase, on average, while actresses may only take home an extra $500,000.

$1.9 million: The cost of a 30-second commercial airing during this years TV broadcast of the awards ceremony.

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The Big Dollar Figures Behind Hollywoods Biggest Night