15 Films And Shows With A Massive Female Audience

Have you been going to the movies a lot more? Been watching a lot more TV? There’s a good reason. Recently, women-centered movies have taken over the box office. And with groups of girlfriends filling more and more theater seats and increasing the ratings of popular shows, movie and network execs have finally figured out what women want to watch. Did you see these films and watch these shows?

How To Get Away With Murder

How To Get Away With Murder‘s popularity is due in large part to the support of its Black female audience. It’s the third most-watched show by African-American viewers, and one of the most popular series on ABC.

Outlander

Anyone hooked on Diana Gabaldon’s seriously romantic books tuned into the Starz TV adaptation from the very beginning. The rest of its huge female audience tuned in for the spanking scene that increased this show’s viewers by 69 percent.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Who says women don’t watch superhero movies? Nearly half — 44 percent — of the audience for Guardians of the Galaxy was made up of women, the biggest female turnout in Marvel history. And it’s not the only superhero movie the ladies love…

The Avengers

Forty percent of The Avengers‘ audiences was female. Marvel has figured out that if gorgeous male leads keep taking their shirts off, kicking a** and taking names, we’ll keep watching.

Empire

African-American women are primarily responsible for making Empire one of the biggest breakout hits in the history of television. Did you know that it’s the most-watched show by African-Americans? Black folks make up 61 percent of its audience.

Poldark

Even if British TV isn’t usually their thing, millions of women have been tuning into the BBC’s Poldark for one reason: Aidan Turner. His shirtless, steamy scenes in this salacious drama have people talking.

The NFL

Did you know that the NFL’s audience is 45 percent female? And now that advertisers are figuring that out too, next year’s hotly anticipated Super Bowl commercial lineup might have a few more ads geared toward women. Goodbye girls in bikinis selling beer, hello men in Speedos selling chocolate.

Scandal

When Kerry Washington became the first Black actress to star in a primetime network drama in more than 30 years, African-American women said “thank you” to Shonda Rhimes by helping it become one of ABC’s most successful shows ever.

The Fault in Our Stars

Not all of the movies with large turnouts from women starred shirtless men. Ladies who love a good cry made up 82 percent of the audience for the opening weekend of The Fault in Our Stars.

Fifty Shades of Grey

No one should be surprised to hear that 68 percent of Fifty Shades of Grey ticket holders were women. Frankly, I’m a little surprised that the percentage wasn’t higher…

Cinderella

Women and girls made up 80 percent of the audience for the opening night of Cinderella. Did you see it?

Black-ish

ABC’s Black-ish has gone from the show with the most WTF-ish title to one of TV’s most-watched programs. A big reason for that is the large African-American audience tuning into the new Modern Family.

Chocolate City

The numbers aren’t in yet. But if the demographics of the Twittersphere are anything to go by, Chocolate City‘s demographic was largely women (who love shirtless Black men with hard bodies and well-choreographed dance routines).

Orange Is The New Black

If you’re not watching this one, you probably don’t have a Netflix subscription. You should probably go ahead and get that ASAP.