Study Shows Decline in Speaking Roles for Female Characters, Women Over 60 in 2023’s Top-Grossing Films

A new study underlines the fact that tenets that contributed to “Barbie’s” $1.4 billion box office success and pop culture dominance — namely featuring a female-led ensemble — was the exception rather than the rule in Hollywood. Outside of Barbieland and a handful of other movies that were fronted by female characters, there was decreasing […]