Work out film runtime from pages instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
The industry rule of thumb is one properly formatted script page per minute of screen time, so the estimate is pages times the seconds per page you choose. The rule holds on average but breaks by scene type: dialogue-heavy pages run short while action lines can play three or four times their page length.
Runtime
seconds = script pages x seconds per page
seconds = script pages x seconds per page. The industry rule of thumb is one properly formatted script page per minute of screen time, so the estimate is pages times the seconds per page you choose.
The rule holds on average but breaks by scene type: dialogue-heavy pages run short while action lines can play three or four times their page length.
Enter script pages, seconds of screen time per page. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.