The bad news is 2014s numbers were exceptionally low.
Last year, females comprised 34 percent of major characters in those films, up 5 percent from 2014.
We saw marked increase in the percentage of female protagonists last year, Lauzen commented.
Credit: Murray Close
Other finds from the annual study include:
-Females comprised 18 percent of antogonists in 2015.
-Female characters remain younger than their male counterparts.
The majority of female characters were in their 20s (24 percent) and 30s (28 percent).
The majority of male characters were in their 30s (27 percent) and 40s (30 percent).
-Thirteen percent of all female characters were black in films surveyed from 2015.
Four percent of all female characters were Latina and 3 percent of all female characters were Asian.
