Screenplay dataset v6
Reviewed release. Current release.
anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-11-v6
Scene-detection correction using method 1.6 on the same 428 v5 source PDFs. Excludes the incomplete Saw PDF (427 retained); retains previous holds and withholds unresolved image content and heading-count discrepancies. Eligible samples: pages 427, scenes and locations 344, dialogue 379, characters 227. Prior releases remain available unchanged.
- Published
- 04/11/2026
- Cohort
- 427 features
- Measurement engine
- 1.6
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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 | 427 | 117 | 106 to 131 |
| runtime minutes (modelled estimate) | 379 | 117 | 107 to 127 |
| scenes | 344 | 124 | 95 to 162 |
| mean scene eighths | 344 | 7 | 5.6 to 9.2 |
| median scene eighths | 344 | 4 | 3 to 5 |
| interior share pct | 344 | 62.45 | 52.88 to 71.65 |
| day share pct | 304 | 59.6 | 45.88 to 72.13 |
| unique locations | 344 | 60 | 44.75 to 81.25 |
| location changes | 344 | 104.5 | 80 to 142 |
| speaking characters | 227 | 42 | 31 to 54 |
| top character pct | 227 | 29.2 | 23.1 to 35.4 |
| dialogue blocks | 379 | 899 | 746 to 1,067.5 |
| dialogue words | 379 | 8,678 | 6,805.5 to 10,503 |
| dialogue action ratio | 379 | 1.14 | 0.78 to 1.61 |
| monologues | 379 | 18 | 10 to 29.5 |
| dialogue line share pct | 379 | 40 | 34 to 45 |
| action line share pct | 379 | 35 | 28 to 43 |
| parenthetical rate | 379 | 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-2026-11-v6; cohort n=427, eligible n varies by measure. https://www.theprelist.io/research/versions/anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-11-v6
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