Box Office
“Lady Bird” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Impress at the Box Office
Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson and Mildred Hayes make a strong impression as the lead characters of “Lady Bird” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” respectively. So it’s...
“Girls Trip” Outperforms Expectations at the Box Office
Yet another female-led film is “opening above expectations at the domestic box office.” Strong reviews helped “Girls Trip” draw big numbers this weekend. “Even during a crowded weekend,”...
“Wonder Woman” Continues to Soar at the Box Office
Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” had another great weekend at the box office — so great that just two weeks into its theatrical run Forbes is calling the Gal Gadot-led blockbuster an...
“Wonder Woman” Takes Flight at the Box Office
“Wonder Woman” and her Lasso of Truth are lighting up the box office. The New York Times writes that the superhero movie and its director, Patty Jenkins, “just broke Hollywood’s superhero...
“Beauty and the Beast” Tracking Suggests the Emma Watson Film Will Open Huge
“Beauty and the Beast” may be “a tale as old as time,” but audiences are clearly still eager to watch the story unfold: early tracking for the film indicates that Disney’s live-action...
“Hidden Figures” Wins Weekend Box Office
The African-American women of “Hidden Figures” ruled the box office this weekend. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, the historical film passed “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” to take the...
2016 Marks Record-Breaking Year at the Box Office, But Where Are the Women Directors?
2016 was a history-making year at the North American box office. Variety reports that ticket sales last year amounted to $11.4 billion — a new record for the industry, surpassing 2015’s...
“Rogue One” Takes the Box Office
Unsurprisingly, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” easily won the battle of the holiday box office this past weekend. As Deadline reports, the “Star Wars” anthology story took in $290.5 million...
“Finding Dory” Passes $1 Billion Mark
A blue tang has found herself among box office royalty — superheroes, star-crossed lovers Rose and Jack, and her old friend Nemo the clownfish. That’s right: “Finding Dory” has joined...
“Bridget Jones’s Baby” Tops Foreign Box Office For Second Week in a Row
“Bridget Jones’s Baby” is still going strong in international market, despite a poor performance in the U.S. As Variety reports, the movie topped the foreign box office once again, earning...
“Bridget Jones’s Baby” Tops International Box Office
Bridget Jones had a big opening weekend in international markets, topping out at $29.4 million. As Deadline reports, “Bridget Jones’s Baby” debuted at number one in 24 overseas markets this...
“Equity” Takes on Wall Street and Is Rewarded at the Box Office, While “AbFab” Still Goes Strong
It’s been another absolutely fabulous week for women at the box office. Not only because “AbFab: The Movie” is still putting bums on seats worldwide, but also thanks to the strength of two new...
Women at the Box Office: “Ghostbusters” Hits its Goal, “Finding Dory” Breaks a Record
The box office got slimed. “Ghostbusters” did well during its opening weekend, earning a respectable $46 million, when most box-office experts had it earning in the $38-$40 million range. This...
“Ghostbusters” Makes $3.4 Million in One Night, Earns Fan in Harold Ramis’ Daughter
The all-female reboot of “Ghostbusters” had a great opening last night, taking in $3.4 million at U.S. theaters. This puts the movie on its way to finishing its opening weekend around $38-$40...
“Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” Has Huge Opening Weekend in the UK
It was a huge weekend in the UK for the women of “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.” According to The Guardian, the film scored big at the box office, earning £4.4 million (about $5.7 million in...
“Me Before You” Defies Expectations at Box Office Proving the Power of Female Audiences
If you build it, they will come. No, we’re not talking baseball, we’re talking movies marketed to women, specifically the new romantic drama “Me Before You,” which outperformed projections...
It Was a Great Weekend for Women at the Box Office
It was a good weekend for women at the specialty box office. The Helen Mirren thriller “Eye in the Sky” and Sally Field comedy “Hello, My Name is Doris” both performed well, according to...
Only 6 Women Directors in the UK’s Top 100 Films of 2015
Elizabeth Banks’ “Pitch Perfect 2,” Ava DuVernay’s “Selma,” Sarah Gavron’s “Suffragette,” Nancy Meyers’ “The Intern,” Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Fifty Shades of Grey” and...
Women-Directed Films on More Screens in Theaters Than Ever Before This Weekend?
Women directors are taking over multiplex screens — or, at the very least, playing on many more of them than usual. There’s actually a good chance, in fact, that there are more theater...
Research Shows Box-Office Hits with Female Protagonists Outearn Blockbusters With Male Leads
More data has been released comparing the box-office success of movies about women versus movies about men, and the results reinforce what we’ve been saying for ages: female-led movies not only...
4 of the Top 5 Indies of 2015 (So Far) Feature Female Protagonists
Indiewire has published its annual running list of the year’s highest-grossing independent films. The unsurprising takeaway? Plenty of moviegoers are interested in watching stories about women....
Amy Schumer’s ‘Trainwreck’ is This Week’s Real Box Office Winner
Amy Schumer has officially become part of Hollywood’s A-list — according to Variety and box-office receipts, at least. Schumer’s debut feature, “Trainwreck,” is an undisputed success....
6 of Top 10 Movies This Weekend Feature Female Protagonists
Pixar’s brilliant “Inside Out” opened at #2 this weekend with a $91 million domestic (and $132 million worldwide) haul at the box office. But the big story isn’t that “Inside Out” is...
Melissa McCarthy’s ‘Spy’ Opens at #1 in US, Worldwide $86.5 Million
Melissa McCarthy, enthusiastic reviews, and a feminist twist/deconstruction of the secret-agent genre propelled “Spy” to the top of the box office this weekend. The R-rated comedy made $30...
‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Tops Weekend Box Office, Grosses $107.5 Million in Three Days
Based on this weekend’s box-office tallies, “Pitch Perfect 3.” is definitely happening now. Disproving all the idiots out there who say that audiences won’t watch movies about women and...
‘Insurgent’ Opens With $101 Million Intl’l Box Office, Continues 2015’s Trend of Female-Centric Hits
Female moviegoers have made “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Cinderella,” and now “Insurgent” the three biggest live-action openings of the year so far. The “Divergent” sequel raked in $54...
‘Selma’ Crosses $50 Million at Domestic Box Office
A week after it won an Oscar for Best Original Song, “Selma” crossed the $50 million mark at the domestic box office. Ava DuVernay’s film currently is the fourth highest-grossing Best Picture...
‘Fifty Shades’ Becomes Biggest Box-Office Opening in History for a Female Director
“Fifty Shades of Grey” likely won’t overtake Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck’s “Frozen” as the highest-grossing female-directed film of all time (the Disney fairy tale probably has that...
Katniss Headlines the Highest-Grossing Film Two Years in a Row
Hunger Games fans, rejoice: Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen has dominated the box office once again. Mockingjay — Part 1 has surpassed Guardians of the Galaxy at the box office,...
Angelina Jolie’s ‘Unbroken’ is the Sleeper Hit No One’s Talking About
Angelina Jolie may not have wowed critics with Unbroken, but she’s certainly proven herself a director to watch with her true-life survival tale. After collecting another $4.2 million at the box...
‘Mockingjay — Part 1’ Opens at 2014’s Biggest Box-Office Weekend
Here’s another feather in Jennifer Lawrence’s cap: her latest film, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 opened nationwide at $123 million, landing the biggest domestic box-office weekend...
Trailer Watch: Katniss Joins the Revolution in Final Spot for ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1’
Katniss Everdeen Tries to Save the World in Mockingjay Part 1 Trailer
There’s no denying that I am excited for the Mockingjay film. After this past summer where we saw so few females onscreen, and so few in strong roles, I am psyched for the next installment of the...
The Shifting Hollywood Audience — Women are the Future
The box office is down this summer in the US. And when the box office is down, especially in summer, it makes folks nervous. So all across Hollywood people are trying to figure out what went wrong....
Latina Women Are this Summer’s Hottest Demographic at the Box Office
According to a new study commissioned by TheWrap, this summer Latinas are buying more movie tickets than any other demographic. Latina women over the age of 25, in fact, go to the movies more often...
Let’s Not Put an Obit on Melissa McCarthy’s Career Post-’Tammy’
From my latest Forbes post on how the press is wrong about Tammy: Melissa McCarthy’s film Tammy grossed $21.5 million last weekend and it has grossed $36 million since it opened a week ago on...
How to Create a Record-Busting Feminist Blockbuster: The Case of Frozen
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Maleficent Grosses $600 Million Worldwide, Becomes Fourth Highest-Earning Film of the Year So Far
The Wicked trend of turning villainnesses into anti-heroines continues to pay off. Maleficent has now crossed the $600 million benchmark, becoming the fourth highest-earning film of the year so...
How Melissa McCarthy Became a Box-Office Powerhouse
From my latest Forbes post on Melissa McCarthy’s savvy handling of her post-Bridesmaids career: Tammy is the next step in McCarthy’s career in a variety of ways. One, it’s the first time...
Cate Blanchett: “People Want to See Stories With Women at the Center”
After using her Best Actress win at the Oscars as a platform to call for more movies about women (“the world is round, people”), Cate Blanchett recently spoke out again on behalf of her fellow...
Why Young Women Are the Hottest Box Office Demographic
From my latest Forbes post on Hollywood’s curious negligence of young women as a box-office demographic: This weekend proves that women are actually a more reliable audience [than young men]. As I...
Maleficent Soars to the Top of the Box Office with $170 Mil in Global Ticket Sales
After a four-year absence from the big screen, Angelina Jolie crushed the competition and delivered the highest opening weekend of her career with Maleficent. Disney’s retelling of Sleeping...
Frozen Becomes the 5th Top-Grossing Movie of All Time
Thanks to the international box office, Disney’s Frozen has become the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time, as well as the single highest-grossing film with a clear female protagonist and a...
The Other Woman Takes the Box Office Crown
I’m going to be honest: I had no desire to see The Other Woman. I saw the poster a couple of months ago, read the premise, and said to myself, no way. Not being a reviewer with an editor assigning...
Scarlett Johansson is a Box-Office Superheroine
Scarlett Johansson kicked off the summer-movie season, which seems to begin earlier and earlier every year, on a high note this past weekend. Captain America: The Winter Soldier broke April records...
The Continuing Case for Having More Women in Film
Yesterday, the numbers crunchers at fivethirtyeight.com, the guys and gals who have predicted elections, took a crack at the conundrum of women, movies and money. Not surprisingly, they found what...
Frozen Now the Highest-Grossing Animated Film in History
With over a $1 billion in ticket sales internationally, Frozen is no longer just the highest-grossing animated film in Disney history, but the highest-grossing animated film ever. Jennifer Lee and...
Can Women Drive Studio Movie Decision Making?
Yesterday, Amanda Hess at Slate’s XX Factor blog published a piece titled “Women Buy Half of All Movie Tickets. That Won’t Mean More Female Characters.” She responds to a couple of Women and...
MPAA Data Shows That Women Are Still The Majority of Moviegoers
In their annual release of box office statistics during the movie upfronts known as CinemaCon, the MPAA data showed that women are still the majority of filmgoers, and we buy half of all the...
Divergent Leaps to the Top of the Box Office; Sequel Planned
Another action-romance with a female hero has dominated the weekend box office. Critics may not have liked Divergent, but audiences sure did. In addition to the $56 million weekend haul, the...
Manohla Dargis Hits It on the Head (Again) With Her Review of Divergent
How could I love her even more? Is she reading my mind? This is from her review for Divergent. Women warriors are on the rise again in American movies, and so, too, are hopes that they’ll be able...