July Cinema Round-Up
I have decided to conduct some research exploring the equality in directors having their movies shown in cinemas. This could be the biggest release right down to a movie that only got one screening. For the research, I am only using my local cinema, but not naming the chain it is part of.
When it comes to how the research has been conducted, is that I have started with only the number of films compared to the number of directors. Going forward, I would like to expand the research to include other cinemas. That is where you can come in to help.
I will be looking to count the number of screenings per film next month. If anybody has any other suggestions for other information, I can add to make this more interesting, please let me know.
Cinema Stats July 2023 Number of movies shown 32
The following films were shown
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- The Flash
- Ruby Gillman
- No Hard Feelings
- Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse
- Asteroid City
- The Litter Mermaid
- Transformers Rise of the Beast
- Super Mario Bros
- Mummies
- Satyaprem Ki Katha
- The Boogeyman
- Greatest Days
- Fast X
- Air
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Elemental
- Insidious Red Door
- Epic Tails
- Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One
- The Burning
- Eaten Alive
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- Joyride
- Puss in Boots Last Wish
- Book Club 2
- Barbie
- Oppenheimer
- Mavka The Forest Song
- Talk to Me
- Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The number of films directed by male/female split.
Male – 25 (81%)
Female – 4 (13%)
Both or Co-Directors – 2 (6%)
Conclusion As we look at the different movies shown, we do get a big range of movies by genre, as we can see below. However, the split between male/female directors is massive. Barbie is the difference maker in number of screens presenting the movies. If Barbie hadn’t been released, we would have only had one showing for the 3 other female directors.
Going into August, I am going to expand my research to open up the information for other people from around the world to fill in. if you want to help out, fill out the form HERE.