Facts and Statistics About Women in Film and Hollywood

Statistics on the State of Women and Hollywood

2012

Women Behind the Scenes

• Women were 18% of the directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films.
• Women directed 9% of the films.
• Women wrote 15% of the movies.
• Women comprised 17% of all executive producers.
• Women accounted for 25% of all producers.
• Women comprised 20% of all editors.
• Women accounted for 2% of all cinematographers.

(All the statistics are from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film and are for the top 250 grossing films of the year.)

2011
Women Behind the Scenes

• Women directed 5% of the top grossing films.
• Women wrote 14% of the top grossing films.
• Women comprised 18% of all executive producers.
• Women comprised 25% of all producers.
• 20% of all editors were women.
• 4% of all cinematographers were women.

Stats from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film

2010

Women Behind the Scenes
• Women directed 7% of the top 250 grossing films.
• Women wrote 10% of the top 250 grossing films of 2010
• Women comprised 15% of all executive producers.
• Women comprised 24% of all producers.
• 18% of all editors were women.
• 2% of all cinematographers were women.

Stats from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film

WOMEN CENTRIC FILMS:
The Films, Their Rank and Total Gross (by Box Office Mojo as of Feb 22, 2011)
• 2. Alice in Wonderland - $415,004,880
• 4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - $300,531,751
• 10. Tangled - $194,104,000
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• 13. True Grit - $164,118,000
• 21. Salt - $118,311,368
• 28. Black Swan - $101,518,000
• 33. Sex and the City 2 - $95,347,692
• 42. Eat, Pray, Love - $80,574,010 • 52. The Last Song - $62,950,384
• 58. Secretariat - $59,713,955
• 59. Easy A – 58,401,464
• 63. Letters to Juliet - $53,032,453
• 78. Burlesque - $39,440,655
• 80. For Colored Girls - $37,729,698
• 81. The Back-Up Plan - $37,490,007
• 83. When in Rome - $32,680,633
• 93. Morning Glory - $31,011,732
• 96. Nanny McPhee Returns - $29,011,215
• 100. Ramona and Beezus - $26,167,002
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• 101. Leap Year - $25,918,920
• 102. You Again - $25,702,053
• 110. Just Wright - $21,540,368
• 114. The Kids are All Right – $20,811,365
• 116. Country Strong - $20,218,921
• 127. Case 39 - $13,261,851
• 132. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - $10,095,033
• 133. Fair Game (2010) - $9,540,691
• 137. The Girl Who Played with Fire - $7,638,241
• 140. Conviction - $6,783,129
• 144. Winter's Bone - $6,403,777
• 148. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - $5,188,080
• 149. I Am Love - $5,005,465

Films Directed by Women:
52. The Last Song - $62,950,384 (Julie Anne Robinson)
96. Nanny McPhee Returns - $29,011,215 (Susanna White)
100. Ramona and Beezus - $26,167,002 (Elizabeth Allen (II))

2009

Box Office

• In 2009 there were 217 million moviegoers.  The total admissions was 1.4 billion dollars.


• Women were 113 million of the moviegoers and bought 55% of the tickets.  Men are 104 million of the moviegoers and 45% of the tickets.  Women made up 9 million more filmgoers than men.

Motion Picture Association of America

Women Behind the Scenes

• Women directed 7% of the top 250 grossing films.
• Women wrote 8% of the top 250 grossing films.
• Women made up 23% of all producers
• 18% of all editors were women
• 2% of all cinematographers were women.

Center for the Study of Women in TV and Film, San Diego State U.

Women Centric Films

• 2 of the top 10 grossing films are women centric;
• 9 of the top 50 grossing films (two of them are animated – The Princess and the Frog, Coraline);
• 18 of the top 100 grossing films;
• 26 of the top 150 grossing films

The Films, Their Rank and Total Gross

4 The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($293,897,327)

8 The Blind Side ($238,430,210)

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16 The Proposal ($163,958,031)

31 It’s Complicated ($104,782,080)

32 The Princess and the Frog* ($100,352,358)

34 Julie & Julia ($94,125,426)

37 The Ugly Truth ($88,915,214)

39 Hannah Montana The Movie ($79,576,189)

42 Coraline* ($75,286,229)

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56 Bride Wars ($58,715,510)

63 My Sister’s Keeper ($49,200,230)

66 Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire ($45,506,888)

67 Confessions of a Shopaholic ($44,277,350)

69 The Unborn (2009)** ($42,670,410)

70 Drag Me to Hell** ($42,100,625)

71 Orphan** ($41,596,251)

74 The Lovely Bones($38,647,080)

94 The Uninvited** ($28,596,818)

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115 New in Town ($16,734,283)

116 Jennifer’s Body** ($16,204,793)

126 Amelia ($14,245,415)

129 Whip It ($13,043,363)

132 Sunshine Cleaning ($12,062,558)

144 An Education ($8,795,228)

146 My Life in Ruins ($8,665,206)

150 The Young Victoria ($7,673,21)

Box Office Mojo

2008

FILM
 

• Only 6 of the top 50 grossing films (12 of the top 100 films) starred or were focused on women.
• Women comprised 9% of all directors.
• Women accounted for 12% of writers.
• Women comprised 16% of all executive producers.
• Women accounted for 23% of all producers.
• Women accounted for 17% of all editors.
• Women accounted for 25% of production managers.
• Women comprised 44% of production supervisors.
• Women accounted for 20% of all production designers.
• Women comprised 5% of sound designers.
• Women accounted for 5% of supervising sound editors.
• Women comprised 1% of key grips.
• Women accounted for 1% of gaffers.
• Women comprise only 23% of film critics at daily newspapers.
• Women comprised 22% of directors working on films appearing at the major film festivals compared to 9% on top grossing films.
• Women accounted for 19% of writers working on films appearing at festivals but only 12% on top grossing films.
• Women accounted for 33% of producers working on films appearing at festivals but only 20% of those working on top grossing films.
• Women comprised 23% of editors working on festival films compared to 17% of those working on top grossing films.
• Women comprised 9% of directors of photography working on festival films but only 4% of those working on top grossing films.
• Overall, women comprised a larger percentage of behind-the-scenes workers on documentaries than narrative features.  Of all behind-the-scenes individuals working on documentaries, 29% were female and 71% were male.  Of all behind-the-scenes individuals working on narrative features, 18% were female and 78% were male.

Stats above are from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film at San Diego State University and are based on Variety’s list of top 250 grossing films.

• Women writers make up 18 percent of all film writers. (WGAW)

TV

2011-2012 TV Season

• 11% of caucasian women and only 4% of minority women directed scripted TV episodes. (DGA)
• Women comprised 26% of all creators on broadcast programming.
• Women made up 25% of executive producers.
• Women accounted for 38% of producers.
• Women comprise 30% of the writers.
• Women made up 11% of directors.
• Women accounted for 13% of the editors.
• Women made up 4% of directors of photography.

Stats are from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film at San Diego State Uniersity.

• Women comprised 25% of all creators, executive producers, producers, directors, writers, editors, and directors of photography working on situation comedies, dramas, and reality programs.
• Women accounted for 23% of executive producers.
• Women comprise 35% of producers.
• Women made up 29% of writers.
• Women made up 9% of directors.
• Women made up 18% of editors.
• Women made up 4% of directors of photography.

Stats above are from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film at San Diego State University and are based on Variety’s list of top 250 grossing films.

Women writers make up 28 percent of television writers. (WGAW)

2007

• In 2007, women only comprised 15% of all directors, executive producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 grossing films.
• In 2007, only 6% of the top 250 grossing films were directed by women.
• In 2007, only 5 of the top 50 films starred or were focused on women.

Stats above are from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film at San Diego State University and are based on Variety’s list of top 250 grossing films.

• Of the 6,833 single speaking characters in the film nominated for best picture from 1977-2006 only 27.3% were females. (USC)
• Women make up 27% of TV writers and 19% of film writers (WGAW)

2006

• In 2006, less than a dozen of the 307 films eligible for an Oscar were women driven (EW).
• In 2006, only 3 movies in the top 50 starred or were focused on women. (EW)