In 2020, approximately 64 percent of speaking characters in the 100 highest-grossing movies in the United States were male. Female characters accounted for 36 percent of the speaking characters that year. Half a decade earlier, in 2015, female parts accounted for 33 percent of the speaking characters in the top 100 films in the U.S. In 2019, about one-fourth of characters aged 40 and over in the 100 highest-grossing movies in the United States were women.
Distribution of speaking characters in highest-grossing movies in the United States from 2002 to 2020, by gender
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Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (April 13, 2021). Distribution of speaking characters in highest-grossing movies in the United States from 2002 to 2020, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Distribution of speaking characters in highest-grossing movies in the United States from 2002 to 2020, by gender." Chart. April 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (2021). Distribution of speaking characters in highest-grossing movies in the United States from 2002 to 2020, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Distribution of Speaking Characters in Highest-grossing Movies in The United States from 2002 to 2020, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, Distribution of speaking characters in highest-grossing movies in the United States from 2002 to 2020, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/ (last visited January 28, 2022)
