As DEI comes under fire from the Trump administration, female leads hit a new benchmark, while leads from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups dropped.

It’s about time. In 2024 the percentage of top-grossing films featuring female protagonists matched the percentage of films with male protagonists for the first time in recent history. According to the latest installment of Dr.

"We have always known that female-identified leads would make money. This is not the result of an economic awakening but is due to a number of different constituencies and efforts — at advocacy groups,