US EditionFemale protagonists reach parity with men in top-grossing films of 2024
- 2024 marks a historic moment as female-led films matched male-led films at 42% each among the top 100 highest-grossing domestic films, according to Deadline.
- Three of the top five highest-grossing domestic films in 2024 were led by women, with Wicked becoming the highest-grossing live-action film led by women.
- The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reported that 54% of the top 100 films featured girls and women as protagonists, a significant increase from 30% the previous year.
- Stacy L. Smith stated, 'This is the first time we can say that gender equality has been reached in top-grossing films' in 2024.
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Last year, for the first time in recent history, the percentage of films with female protagonists was equal to the percentage of films with male protagonists. According to the most recent release of Dr. Martha Lauzen’s annual report, It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World, 42% of the 100 most short films in the United States had female protagonists, while another 42% had male protagonists. Of the remaining, 16% had casts. For the purposes of the study, …
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Female protagonists in films reached gender parity with male protagonists for the fist time in recent history in 2024. They had the same share of the top grossing films for the year. Females also saw more speaking roles and significant characters in 2024. About 54% of the top 100 movies featured women or girl protagonists, according to the annual Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study. Full Story The blockbuster movies of 2024 not only broke box o…
Female protagonists reach parity with men in top-grossing films of 2024 for the first time
For the first time in recent history, the percentage of top-grossing films featuring female protagonists equaled the percentage of films with male protagonists, according to a pair of annual studies released Tuesday.Movies like “Wicked,”“Inside Out 2” and “The Substance” lifted Hollywood’s theatrical releases to gender parity in leading roles in 2024. Of the 100 top domestic grossing films in 2024, 42% had female protagonists, and 42% had male p…
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