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2017 · Feature · Horror

Get Out

Screenplay by Jordan Peele.

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A way into the pages

Track small details that acquire a different meaning later. Look at the balance between what the reader knows and what the protagonist can confirm.

The shape of this draft

Measured with engine 1.5 from the draft held in our 428-feature research release. Comparisons use the eligible sample for each measure. They describe this selected corpus; they are not targets or quality scores.

Pages

100

Held-PDF pages, including covers and front matter; not numbered story pages or film running time.

The dot is this draft. The shaded middle half of the corpus spans 106131; the median line is 117. n = 428.

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Scenes

118

Scenes identified from the headings in this draft.

The dot is this draft. The shaded middle half of the corpus spans 93162; the median line is 124. n = 401.

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Locations

54

Distinct normalised locations, not shooting locations or sets.

The dot is this draft. The shaded middle half of the corpus spans 4584; the median line is 62. n = 401.

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Speaking characters

38

Distinct speaking cues after normalisation, not cast size.

The dot is this draft. The shaded middle half of the corpus spans 3154; the median line is 42. n = 233.

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Sources and limitations

These measurements describe one available screenplay draft, which may differ from the finished film. Automatic extraction can misread formatting even when a measurement passes our checks. The screenplay itself is available through the account-based reader.

Credits were reviewed on 20 September 2026 separately from the frozen measurements. Source-book and story credits are not treated as screenplay credits.

Use this research

The PreList Industry Intelligence (2026). Get Out (2017): screenplay measurements. https://www.theprelist.io/scripts/get-out-2017. Measurements: anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-09-v5. Credits and reading guide: screenplay-directory-2026-09-v2.

Licensed CC BY 4.0 (measurements only; screenplay and artwork excluded): reuse the figures, charts and dataset with attribution and a link back to this page. Snapshot anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-09-v5; every number above traces to it.