Films franchises like the hunger games, the divergent series, and the resident evil series have all done a great deal to up the visibility of female led action films. Hollywood is seeing a miniboom of female stars in action movies, but it is a blip, or the start of a trend. Why didnt oceans 8, a movie with an all female lead. Top 10 movie franchises that should get a heroine lead. These movies prove that audiences will turn up in droves to see movies with female.
So why is someone who seems so weak on our list of women driven movie franchises. Womenfronted films are top three highestgrossing movies. Female lead films top 2017 box office hits for first time. The last jedi, beauty and the beast, and wonder woman proving that female driven stories can do well at the box office. We here at bright side put together a list of 20 inspiring films about the most decisive and courageous women.
Just imagine emily blunt as 007, the expendables franchise with an all female cast, indiana jones with jennifer lawrence as a lead, men in black with jada pinkett smith in a lead role. With that said, i think the pandering needs to stop. Whether you love this movie or hate it you wont hate it, i promise youll. The highestgrossing action films featuring a female lead. After recent female led movie successes, we take a look at the myths surrounding that most mysterious of prizes the successful female led film franchise. With the release of captain marvel, we looked back at 25 other badass female characters in film. Arrival doesnt make its lead, louise banks, a stereotypical. After marvels guardians of the galaxy, we want a female.
Based on the novel by mark burnell, from director reed morano the handmaids tale and the producers of the james bond film series, the rhythm section also stars jude law and. In the comic books that introduce the female thor, for example, we learn that jane foster played in the marvel movie franchise by portman assumes thors powers after finding herself able to. From jennifer lawrence creating many boxoffice hits with. From lady ghostbusters to talk of a female james bond, hollywood has taken a shine to remaking classic movies or tv shows with genderswapped leads as a way of mixing up a tried and. Last years top three grossing films all featured female leads star wars. The top 10 femalecentric movie franchises business insider. Evolution hinge on the strong female leads being betrayed by men that they. Wasikowska is still the technical lead in this film, though johnny depp was the focus of its marketing. Forbes takes privacy seriously and is committed to transparency.
Female leads ruining great movie franchises which were. You have to go back to the days of elizabeth taylor for the last time women topped the box office charts. The trailer for the new all female oceans 11 reboot was unveiled this week. A film series or movie series also referred to as a film franchise or movie franchise is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series. Women fronted films are top three highestgrossing movies of 2017 this article is more than 2 years old. Thats already happening with a badass female lead rey and another to come jyn erso. Posted on may 30, 2017 may 30, 2017 by polina zelmanova.
Check out these other mustsees all starring and written by women. Its good business to cast strong women in lead movie roles. Which beloved movie franchise should women ruin after. Movies are bad because they are bad, not because they cast female leads or reboot franchises with a feminine twist. A long history of remakes where male leads were changed to. As proven by massive franchises like star wars and.
Old hollywood is brimming with stories of complex women if you know where. Hollywood is making femaleled movies for all the wrong. Men will go and see a comicbook movie because thats a male genre. The year in femaleled movie releases, part i forbes.
A great cast can make a movie, and its a casting directors job to find the best man, or woman, for the job. From lady ghostbusters to talk of a female james bond, hollywood has taken a shine to remaking classic movies or tv shows with genderswapped leads as a way of mixing up a tried and true formula. The 25 highest grossing female driven movies of all time. These are the kickass women of 2018s most exciting movies. The 20 best movies of the 2010s that feature female leads. Canada loves a good female lead in a scifi setting, and continuum is a great example of their success. Join as we down our picks for the top 10 sequels that changed the lead character. Sophie turner is young jean gray in this origin film in the xmen franchise. For the first time since 1958 films with female actors in lead roles the last jedi.
The force awakens and being the first movie in the franchise. A long history of remakes where male leads were changed to female. Cosmo jarvis leads crime drama with the magnetic charisma of a. The rise of the femaleled action film the atlantic. Its about a detective from the future who finds herself accidentally sent back to 2012.
While movies with male leads still dominate the box office, women are beginning to challenge them, easily carrying films by themselves. And now we come to the most popular and most polarizing women franchise of them all. After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims. The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time. Haywire is probably my favorite, but its a rarely seen, rarely talked about movie. Femaledriven movies make money, so why arent more being. Action movies are about stunts and choreography, much like dancing, and as a man i love watching women dance.
After 19 maleled superhero movies, how much progress does. In an industry dominated by leadingmen, were counting down the top all female cast films in celebration of the women who have lit up our screens with their charm and amazing performances. Whether you like comedy or horror women can do it all. The alien movies or, at least, the franchises first two installments. So even though those are movies about women, they put them in the context of feeding the larger comicbook world. The 32 most successful movie franchises of all time. The bourne franchise has officially found its female lead. Last year ended with a huge sigh of relief as people experienced. But i wore ghostbusters pajamas to bed every night. Top 10 movie franchises that changed lead characters. We also love seeing these women as strong female leads are absolutely vital to the film.