films approved in France were directed by men, while 21 percent of films were directed by women.
Overall, during the given period, the average budget of films made by women was lower than that of films made by men. The highest difference in budget size can be observed in 2008, when the budget of films directed by men was more than twice as high as the budget of films directed by women. However, during the following years the general trend showed a tendency towards closing the existing gap in budgets. Over the decade in consideration, the budget of films by women directors grew by 9.7 percent, while for men it decreased by 18.8 percent.
This statistic shows the average budget of French initiative films in France from 2006 to 2015, broken down by director’s gender. In 2015, the average budget of films directed by women or co-directed by men and women was 3.5 million euros, whereas for films directed by men the budget was 4.7 million euros, making for an average difference in budgets of 25.5 percent. In 2015, 77.3 percent of Average budget of French initiative films in France from 2006 to 2015, by director’s gender (in million euros)
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Independent moviesCentre national du cinéma et de l’image animée. (March 9, 2017). Average budget of French initiative films in France from 2006 to 2015, by director’s gender (in million euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/703247/french-initiative-films-budget-in-france/
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Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée. (2017). Average budget of French initiative films in France from 2006 to 2015, by director’s gender (in million euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/703247/french-initiative-films-budget-in-france/
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée. "Average Budget of French Initiative Films in France from 2006 to 2015, by Director’s Gender (in Million Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/703247/french-initiative-films-budget-in-france/
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Average budget of French initiative films in France from 2006 to 2015, by director’s gender (in million euros) [Graph], Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, March 9, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/703247/french-initiative-films-budget-in-france/