The Girl Economy Is Going Strong — Despite the Manosphere
From “Wicked” and “Moana 2” to the record-setting Eras Tour and the pop girlie Grammy sweep, culture for and by women is still fueling the entertainment business.
Sisterhood is powerful — and profitable.
Photographer: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFPOver the Thanksgiving weekend, two girl-centric movies about female empowerment — one starring an animated Polynesian teenager and the other a bunch of singing witches — crushed at the box office.
Moana 2, from Walt Disney Co., had the biggest Thanksgiving Day opening in history. Universal Pictures’ Wicked, which debuted the week prior, set a record for a Broadway-to-screen adaptation. Together, they led the holiday stretch to its best numbers ever. And it was women who drove the results. Moana’s audience was two-thirds female, while Wicked’s opening weekend topped that at 75%.