Five of Warner Bros.’ 23 films (22 percent) had LGBTQ characters, while Paramount had two of its 10 (20 percent), followed by Sony Pictures with two inclusive films out of 18 (11 percent).Ģ0th Century Fox clocked the highest percentas.ge of the seven studios at 40 percent (four films) of annual releases including LGBTQ characters. Lionsgate landed near the bottom with just one inclusive film out of 19 (5 percent), while Walt Disney found itself in last place with no LGBTQ-inclusive films.
GLAAD also separately examined the film releases of four smaller, affiliated studios (Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, Roadside Attractions, and Sony Pictures Classics) to draw a comparison between content released by the mainstream studios and perceived 'art house' divisions. Of the 40 films released under those art house imprints in 2018, GLAAD found 14 to be LGBTQ-inclusive (35 percent).
This is up from 28 percent (11 out of 40) in 2017.
