Replication Data for 'Gender (im)balance in the Russian cinema: on the screen and behind the camera'

There are two CSV datasets in this publication used initially in the master thesis in sociology of Xenia Leontyeva at HSE University Saint Petersburg, titled "Popularity Factors of Domestic Films: Gender Characteristics and State Support Measures" (2022), and lately for the article by Leontyeva, Xenia, Olessia Koltsova, and Deb Verhoeven, titled "Gender (Im)Balance in Russian Cinema: On the Screen and behind the Camera" (Accepted in January 2024 in The Journal of Cultural Analytics). The first dataset (N=1285) includes all Russian films produced between 2008 and 2019 and theatrically released between December 1, 2008, and December 31, 2019. Distribution statistics cover the territory of the CIS, of which the Russian Federation is the biggest market. Budget information is available for 644 films. The second dataset contains the Bechdel-Wallace test modified by Leontyeva markup for 243 films, 193 of which have budget information. There is also a supplement with a detailed description of all variables and R-code producing tables, plots, and models for the article. The database was collected by Xenia Leontyeva while working at Nevafilm Research (until 2018) and later. In terms of distribution data, it is based on sources such as the open base Russian Cinema Fund Analytics – RCFA (since 2015), the closed base comScore/Rentrak ("International Box Office Essential") serving major Hollywood studios (data from it has been used since 2008 to fill gaps in open databases), Bookers' Bulletin (since 2011), and Russian Film Business Today magazines (since 2004), as well as self-collected by Nevafilm Research employees from film distributors and producers; the rights to use and continue this dataset have been received from Nevafilm company. In terms of production data, the information was taken from the State register of film distribution certificates, Kinopoisk.ru, and from the films' credits.