The Oscars by the Numbers

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Does The King’s Speech, Best Picture front-runner for the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC this Sunday, have the oomph to ignite viewership for the telecast past the 41.7 million from 2010? (This was when The Hurt Locker snagged the top prize.)

Certainly movies with a larger box office can positively impact the overall ratings. Case in point: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which leads our decade-long track, with 43.5 million viewers in 2003.

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