Average budget of French initiative films in France 2006-2015, by director’s gender

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 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.

本统计数据显示了2006年至2015年间法国独立电影的平均预算，并按导演性别进行细分。2015年，女性导演或男女合导电影的平均预算为350万欧元，而男性导演电影的预算则为470万欧元，平均预算差距为25.5%。2015年，法国批准的电影中，男性导演所占比例为77.3%，女性导演仅占21%。总体而言，在所考察的时期内，女性制作的影片的平均预算低于男性制作的影片。2008年，男性导演电影的预算是女性导演电影预算的两倍以上，预算差距达到最大。然而，在随后的年份中，总体趋势显示出缩小预算差距的倾向。在考虑的十年间，女性导演电影的预算增长了9.7%，而男性导演电影的预算则下降了18.8%。