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Our "How much" and "Gee, that's a lot" tally of King weights and measures:
5: Number of films in which Stephen King has appeared
39: Number of films in which Alfred Hitchcock appeared
1: Number of films Stephen King has directed
10: Number of screenplays King has written
1: Number of "X-Files" screenplays King has written
26: Number of feature films made from King novels and short stories
29: Number of novels published under the name Stephen King
28: Number of novels published under the name Stephen King that are still in print
1: Price in dollars bid for a copy of that out-of-print book, "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger," on eBay
6: Number of novels published under King's pseudonym, Richard Bachman
100 million plus: Number of copies of King novels sold worldwide
18,940: Distance, in miles, that hardcover copies of those books laid end-to-end would cover
26,400: Distance, in miles, around the Earth
37: Number of languages King's books have been translated into, ranging from Albanian to Icelandic to Persian
65 million: In dollars, King's estimated net worth
7 million: Losses in dollars from the Broadway show "Carrie: The Musical," one of the biggest flops in N.Y. theater history
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