Women and minorities make up more than half the U.S. population yet are super underrepresented in film.
Two more eye opening graphs:
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In the Golden Globes nominees this year only one movie features a woman in the lead role (Into the Woods.) They also feature only one minority leading role (Selma.)
Nominees for Best Picture Drama
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Nominees for Best Picture
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent
The highest grossing films of 2014 features two women in the leading role (Maleficent, Mockingjay.) While there are no leading roles for minorities in this list.
Highest Grossing films of 2014
1 Transformers: Age of Extinction Paramount Pictures $1,087,404,499
2 Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Studios $772,090,182
3 Maleficent Walt Disney Pictures $757,752,378
4 X-Men: Days of Future Past 20th Century Fox $746,045,777
5 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Marvel Studios $714,083,572
6 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Columbia Pictures $708,982,323
7 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox $708,279,489
8 Interstellar Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. $623,373,167
9 How to Train Your Dragon 2 20th Century Fox / DreamWorks Animation $618,909,935
10 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Lionsgate Films $615,500,000
