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anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-09-v5
Source review of all 448 in-range held files corrects draft writing credits and public provenance. Nine previously included files are removed after source-identity or screenplay-extent checks, leaving 428 features. Shared cue-quality checks and 68 targeted source-page reviews withhold suspect measurement families; the No One Will Save You exception is withdrawn. Median PDF pages is 117 (n=428), scenes 124 (n=401), locations 62 (n=401), and speaking characters 42 (n=233). Page counts include cover and front matter. This is a targeted review, not a whole-corpus accuracy estimate. Prior releases remain unchanged.
- Published
- 20/09/2026
- Cohort
- 428 features
- Measurement engine
- 1.5
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Published figures
The original aggregate table, with each measure’s eligible sample. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. The package includes genre and decade tables and code to reproduce them.
| Measure | Eligible n | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| pages | 428 | 117 | 106 to 131 |
| runtime minutes (modelled estimate) | 395 | 117 | 107 to 127 |
| scenes | 401 | 124 | 93 to 162 |
| mean scene eighths | 401 | 7.1 | 5.6 to 9.4 |
| median scene eighths | 401 | 4 | 3 to 5 |
| interior share pct | 401 | 62.4 | 52.5 to 72.4 |
| day share pct | 354 | 59.6 | 45.25 to 72.28 |
| unique locations | 401 | 62 | 45 to 84 |
| location changes | 401 | 104 | 79 to 142 |
| speaking characters | 233 | 42 | 31 to 54 |
| top character pct | 233 | 29.2 | 23 to 35 |
| dialogue blocks | 395 | 899 | 743.5 to 1,066 |
| dialogue words | 395 | 8,695 | 6,801.5 to 10,641 |
| dialogue action ratio | 395 | 1.13 | 0.77 to 1.59 |
| monologues | 395 | 18 | 10 to 30 |
| dialogue line share pct | 395 | 40 | 33 to 45 |
| action line share pct | 395 | 35 | 28 to 43.5 |
| parenthetical rate | 395 | 0.11 | 0.07 to 0.16 |
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The PreList Industry Intelligence. The Anatomy of a Produced Screenplay. Snapshot anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-09-v5; cohort n=428, eligible n varies by measure. https://www.theprelist.io/research/versions/anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-09-v5
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