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A Chris or a talking animal more likely in films than a woman over 60

EuroNews · · 1145 words · By David Mouriquand
Gender Inequality Media Representation Ageism in Cinema
open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/25/films-more-likely-to-star-a-chris-or…

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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The UK’s Ageing Better’s Age Without Limits campaign studied the 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025.”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that the Age Without Limits campaign studied the 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 hours ago ... ... from the UK's Ageing Better's Age Without Limits campaign, if ... 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/25/films-more-likel…
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web search NEUTRAL — 17 hours ago ... ... Age Without Limits. The anti-ageism campaign studied the 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and found ...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/25/films-more-like…
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 hours ago ... ... from the UK's Ageing Better's Age Without Limits campaign, if ... 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/films-mo…
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“just five of the 100 highest-grossing films of the past three years starred a woman over 60 as the lead character.”
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The Guardian report mentions that 'five starred an older woman' in the context of the study, but the other provided search results for this specific claim were irrelevant (OnlyFans, fashion stores).
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“six films featured a Chris as the lead actor”
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The Guardian report explicitly states that 'six starred a male actor called Chris'. Other results are general Wikipedia entries about Chris Pratt.
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web search NEUTRAL — His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.1 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing film stars of all time. Pratt was one of the world's highest-paid actors annually from 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pratt
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web search NEUTRAL — The anti-ageism campaign studied the 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and found that while five starred an older woman, about 20 featured creatures who chat. Mea…
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/25/films-more-like…
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web search NEUTRAL — Actor Jesse Eisenberg occupies one of Hollywood’s strangest and most fascinating corners — a leading man who has never looked or behaved like a leading man, yet somehow keeps showing up at the top of …
https://medium.com/reelscope/star-power-ranking-jesse-eisenb…
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“half of which were Chris Pratt (The Super Mario Bros Movie; Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, The Garfield Movie).”
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While Wikipedia confirms Chris Pratt voiced characters in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Garfield Movie, the specific claim that he accounted for half of the 'six Chris' leads in the UK top 100 study is only implied by the context of the Guardian report and not explicitly detailed in the provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pratt was one of the world's highest-paid actors annually from 2015 to 2017.He has also voiced characters in animated films like The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), Onward (2020), The Super Mario Br…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pratt
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web search NEUTRAL — Chris Pratt talks about being a father of three, smoking a cigar with his father-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and voicing Mario in The Super Mario Bros.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Q92lKA7TY
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“the top-grossing UK films featuring a female lead over the age of 60 in the past three years are: Allelujah (2023), starring Jennifer Saunders; My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023), starring Nia Vardalos; Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023), starring Diane Keaton; The Substance (2024), starring Demi Moore; and Freakier Friday (2025), starring Jamie Lee Curtis.”
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The Guardian report explicitly lists these five films (Allelujah, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Book Club: The Next Chapter, The Substance, and Freakier Friday) as the ones starring an older woman in the top 100 chart.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sacha Dhawan () (born 1 May 1984) is an English actor. He began his career in the ITV series Out of Sight (1997–1998), The Last Train (1999), and Weirdsister College (2001–2002). He originated the rol…
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“films are also four times more likely to have a talking animal as the lead character than a female actor over the age of 60.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the finding that box office hit films are four times more likely to star a talking animal than a woman over 60.
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web search NEUTRAL — Box office hit films are four times more likely to star a talking animal than a woman over 60, according to a new survey by Age Without Limits.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/25/films-more-like…
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web search NEUTRAL — There is a massive, untapped market for “silver cinema.” A survey of 4,000 members of the public revealed that 33% of people feel there are insufficient films starring women over 60, and one in six wo…
https://www.newsy-today.com/study-movies-favor-chrises-and-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Female protagonists were most likely to appear in horror films, such as "Us".The 2019 “It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World” study outlines the findings from a content analysis of more than 2,300 characters…
https://womenandhollywood.com/40-percent-of-last-years-top-f…
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“The Centre for Ageing Better also polled 4,000 members of the UK public”
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A Facebook post snippet mentions a new survey by Age Without Limits that asked 4,000 people about ageing, and another web result mentions a survey of 4,000 members of the public regarding silver cinema.
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web search NEUTRAL — More people are living with illness and disability, and life expectancy is falling – but these aren't being experienced equally.
https://ageing-better.org.uk/health-state-ageing-2022
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 13, 2026 ... ⏳ A new survey by Age Without Limits asked 4,000 people about how different generations view ageing. ... done at nearly 60 got me thinking about ...
https://www.facebook.com/Beat102103/posts/-62-is-the-age-you…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 6, 2023 ... Ageism is widespread: a higher proportion of British adults have reported experiencing prejudice based on their age than on any other ...
https://ageing-better.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-02/Age…
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“One in three people (33%) say there are not enough films being made that feature female leads over 60”
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One web search result explicitly states that a survey of 4,000 members of the public revealed that 33% feel there are insufficient films starring women over 60.
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web search NEUTRAL — Only seven women over 60 have won the leading actress Oscar, with just two – Jessica Tandy and Katharine Hepburn – doing so aged over 70. The BBC found that while the average age of a best actress nom…
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/25/films-more-like…
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“around one in 30 people (3%) who say there are too many films being made that feature female actors over 60 as a lead character.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the 3% figure.
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“The proportion of people who think there are not enough films being made that feature female actors over 60 as a lead character rose to almost two in five (39%) when surveying just women.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the 39% figure for women.
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“The study, authored by academics at the University of West London School of Film, Media and Design, found that female characters aged 65 years and over were more than three times less likely than men of the same age to be featured in British films over the last decade.”
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“Women characters over 50 were also found to speak 14% less than older men in the sample of films studied by researchers.”
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“Meryl Streep’s sequel to The Devil Wears Prada has crossed the $600m box office milestone globally”
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“Project Hail Mary and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie are ahead, with current worldwide box office intakes of $670m and $800m respectively.”
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