'Sex and the City' Turns 25! A By-the-Numbers Blowout
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From the cost of Carrie Bradshaw's most expensive outfit to the number of sex scenes in the iconic series, a breakdown of the figures that make up the HBO show
Twenty-five years ago, HBO introduced four fabulous friends navigating dating in one iconic city. Sex and the City ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2004 and turned Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) into viewers' best friends and fashion inspirations.
"The whole entire ride of Sex and the City has been one surprise after another surprise,” Davis told PEOPLE in 2016. “We never thought we would really be a hit. We didn’t think we’d win an Emmy, we didn’t think we’d get to make one film, much less another film.”
The show has gone on to spawn a sequel series, And Just Like That..., which premieres its second season June 22 on Max. But for the 25th anniversary of the original show's premiere, we break down the numbers that built Sex and the City.
94
Sex and the City episodes across six seasons
94
sex scenes throughout the series
$100,000
how much HBO paid to Candace Bushnell to option her real-life "Sex and the City" newspaper columns
$5
the cost of the tutu Carrie wears in the opening credits
92
the total number of questions Carrie asks in her columns
7
Emmys won by the show (out of 54 nominations)
0
naked scenes Parker — who had a no-nudity clause in her contract — agreed to during the show
15
the age at which Charlotte started looking for Mr. Right
$4
how much Carrie gets paid per word to write for Vogue
26
the longest-running relationship by number of episodes, between Charlotte and Trey (Kyle Maclachlan)
4
the number of ingredients — vodka, cranberry juice, lime juice and Cointreau — in the ladies' favorite cocktail, the Cosmopolitan
2
the number of great loves Charlotte thinks every person gets in their life
30
seconds in which Magnolia Bakery appears in a season 3 episode — after that, the bakery started selling $40,000/week in cupcakes and in 2007, introduced a Carrie cupcake (pictured)
$2,500
the cost of the chair Aiden (John Corbett) sells Carrie in season 3
$40,000
the amount Carrie estimated she spent on shoes by season 4
$4,000
the price of a leather Birkin bag when Samantha tried to buy one in season 4
2,560
miles Carrie and Samantha traveled by train to San Francisco in season 5
5
episodes in season 5, which wrapped filming early because Parker was pregnant with son (and first child) James
$485
the cost of the Manolo Blahnik shoes Carrie registers for after hers are stolen at a baby shower in season 6
18
hours a day Parker estimated she spent wearing heels while filming
74
the number of episodes Carrie and Charlotte each spend dating, the most of the four women
$80,000
the cost of Carrie's most expensive outfit, the Atelier Versace dress she wore in the two-part 2004 finale
10.6 million
estimated number of people who tuned in for the series finale
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