Digital & Trend reports
Overview and forecasts on trending topics
Industry & Market reports
Industry and market insights and forecasts
Companies & Products reports
Key figures and rankings about companies and products
Consumer & Brand reports
Consumer and brand insights and preferences in various industries
Politics & Society reports
Detailed information about political and social topics
Country & Region reports
All key figures about countries and regions
Market forecast and expert KPIs for 1000+ markets in 190+ countries & territories
Insights on consumer attitudes and behavior worldwide
Business information on 100m+ public and private companies
Explore Company Insights
Detailed information for 39,000+ online stores and marketplaces
Directly accessible data for 170 industries from 150+ countries and over 1 Mio. facts.
Customized Research & Analysis projects:
Get quick analyses with our professional research service
The best of the best: the portal for top lists & rankings:
Transforming data into design:
Statista Content & Design
Strategy and business building for the data-driven economy:
Industry-specific and extensively researched technical data (partially from exclusive partnerships).
A paid subscription is required for full access.
A 2023 report found that 32.1 percent of lead actors in films in the United States that year were female. A decade earlier, the share stood at 25.6 percent. The 2023 figure marks the second consecutive decrease, following a drop in 2022, which was the first decrease since 2013. Throughout the second half of the 2010s, not more than 25 percent of Academy Award-winning movies had a female lead actor, according to the same study.
Whereas female share in lead roles in cinema has mostly increased, the percentage of women in behind-the-scenes jobs in the U.S. film industry still has a long way to go. In 2023, female professionals accounted for 22 percent of the personnel. The year also recorded the lowest percentage since the pandemic in average hourly earnings of employees in the U.S. motion picture and sound recording industries since 2015. The value stood just above 37 U.S. dollars.
During a survey concluded in May 2022, 46 percent of responding male internet users said they went to see a film in theaters at least sometimes. Among women, the share stood at 37 percent. According to another source, at least 55 percent of the audiences of the top-grossing movies in the U.S. and Canada in 2021 were male. The film with the highest share of female viewers (45 percent) was "Black Widow," whose title character is played by Scarlett Johansson.
Use Ask Statista Research Service
March 2024
United States
2011 to 2024
TV, Video & Film
Distribution lead actors in films in the U.S. 2011-2022, by ethnicity
TV, Video & Film
Distribution of movie directors in the U.S. 2011-2022, by gender
TV, Video & Film
Distribution of male & female characters in top-grossing films 2023, by ethnicity
TV, Video & Film
Distribution of movie directors in the U.S. 2011-2022, by ethnicity
To download this statistic in XLS format you need a Statista Account
To download this statistic in PNG format you need a Statista Account
To download this statistic in PDF format you need a Statista Account
To download this statistic in PPT format you need a Statista Account
As a Premium user you get access to the detailed source references and background information about this statistic.
As a Premium user you get access to background information and details about the release of this statistic.
As soon as this statistic is updated, you will immediately be notified via e-mail.
… to incorporate the statistic into your presentation at any time.
You need at least a Starter Account to use this feature.
You only have access to basic statistics.
This statistic is not included in your account.
Business Solutions including all features.
Overview
Film
TV and video streaming
TV news
Consumer perspectives
Further related statistics
source
