Top films were more diverse than ever before, study finds

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This image released by Universal Pictures shows Lupita Nyong'o in a scene from "Us." According to new research released Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 by the University of Southern California's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, more of 2019's top movies featured minority or female lead characters than ever recorded before. Analyzing the top 100 films at the North American box office, USC researchers found that 31 movies had leads or co-leads from an underrepresented racial group, an increase of 4 films from 2018 and nearly triple the number of ten years ago. (Claudette Barius/Universal Pictures via AP)