50/50 in 2020? Half of Next Year’s 10 Highest Grossing Films Could Have Female Directors

Female directors who have pushed for gender parity in Hollywood could achieve a milestone at the box office in 2020. Five potential blockbusters directed by women — Cathy Yan’s DC Comics film “Birds of Prey,” Niki Caro’s Disney remake “Mulan,” Cate Shortland’s Marvel spinoff “Black Widow,” Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman 1984” and Chloe Zhao’s Marvel film “Eternals” — have the potential to rank among the top 10 highest grossing films of next year. If so, it would be the first time ever that the annual top 10 came from equal numbers of male and female filmmakers. For reference, 2019 is the first year ever that more than one film with a female director has cracked the top 10, with Anna Boden’s “Captain Marvel” and Jennifer Lee’s “Frozen II” both making the list. Even then, both of those films were co-directed by men (Ryan Fleck and Chris Buck, respectively). Among films with women as solo directors, no more than one film per year — most recently Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” in 2017 — has hit the top 10. Next year’s five candidates are all solo projects. Even if one or two of those films don’t crack the top 10, all five of these...

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