Highest Grossing Films Directed by Women

http://www.thewrap.com/15-highest-grossing-movies-directed-by-women/7/

• Twilight                                                    
• Shrek
• Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Frozen
• Fifty Shades of Grey
• Pitch Perfect 2
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• The Proposal 
• Shark Tale
• Dr. Dolittle
• Mamma Mia
• Deep Impact
• Look Who's Talking
• Sleepless in Seattle

• These films have been extremely successful and still are, making it evident that women do have the power and intelligence to produce films for all genders. It is known that female directors usually target their films to all demographics and male directors like to produce films that interest themselves. 

Geena Davis

Geena Davis, an actress and film producer stands up to tackle gender roles in film. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAJvfsOCkG0

We need more female directors!

Female directors such as Jodie Foster have produced and directed some incredible films and television show. Female directors usually cast more women than your usual blockbuster. However, this benefits the film industry as there is a huge target audience of females of all ages. 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/21/hollywood-paramount-20th-century-fox-no-female-directors

This link explains the stereotypes in some of the most popular Disney films, which can be contrasted with recent Disney films that have more positive gender roles for example: 'Brave' which completely challenges your typical stereotypes female role in films in the past.

https://m.mic.com/articles/88167/9-harmful-stereotypes-we-never-realized-our-favorite-disney-movies-taught-us#.5ncK67JDu

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Is gender equality becoming more paramount in todays film industry? 

Male roles in the past were exceedingly dominant ones compared to todays films that are produced. However, we still are presented the stereotypical 'damsel in distress' female role in many films still in our present day. 

Here is a listing of some films which show the lead characters dominant gender representation: 

Lead Characters: 

21 Jump Street – 2 Males

Argo – Male

Battleship – Male

Brave – Female

Cabin in the Woods – Male

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – Male

Hunger Games – Female

Ice Age Continental Drift – Male

John Carter – Male

Lawless – 3 Males

Life of Pi – Male

Lockout – Male

Looper – Male

Madagascar 3 – Male

Magic Mike – Male

Men in Black 3 – Male

Project X – Male

Skyfall – Male

Snow White and the Huntsman – Female

Taken 2 – Male

Ted – Male

The Amazing Spider Man – Male

The Avengers – Male

The Bourne Legacy – Male

The Dark Knight Rises – Male

The Dictator  – Male

The Expendables 2 – Male

The Hobbit – Male

The Woman in Black – Male

Twilight Breaking Dawn 2 – Female

As you can notice, males dominate lead roles from a huge range of films from the 2000's.