Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIf you watched a movie in 2019, chances are that it was a story about a straight white man made by a filmmaker who was also straight, white, and male.A survey of the top 100 highest grossing movies from USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, found that only 32 featured leading or co-leading characters from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, a modest increase from 27 films in 2018.
Forty three of the 100 biggest box office hits had a girl or woman in a leading or co-leading role, a slight bump from 39 in 2018.