Here are the depressing, er, challenging statistics for 2009:

Box Office
Stats from Motion Picture Association of America

• 113 million female moviegoers bought 55% of the tickets.
• 104 million men bought 45% of the tickets.

Behind the Scenes
Stats from Center for the Study of Women in TV and Film, San Diego State U

Women

• directed 7% of the top 250 grossing films.
• wrote 8% of the top 250 grossing films.
• comprised
  • 17% of all executive producers
  • 23% of all producers
  • 18% of all editors
  • 2% of all cinematographers

Womencentric Films
Stats from Box Office Mojo

• 2 of the top 10 grossing films
• 9 of the top 50 grossing films (two of these are animated – The Princess and the Frog, Coraline);
• 18 of the top 100 grossing films;
• 26 of the top 150 grossing films

Relationship between women behind the scenes and on-screen
Stats from -Boxed In: Women On Screen and Behind the Scenes in the 2003-04 Prime-time Season, by Martha Lauzen

• Women working behind the scenes influenced the number of on-screen women. When a program had no female creators, females accounted for 40% of all characters. However, when a program employed at least one woman creator, females comprised 45% of all characters.

More statistics at http://womenandhollywood.com/statistics-on-women-and-hollywood/

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Woman Make Movies exists to overcome these harsh realities. The site has resources as well as statistics to help empower women to be filmmakers and make their movies.

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