I saw that it said 2017, and I thought that is what it was, which is why I mentioned it. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt that maybe you were talking about more than just a single year. Because to look at a single year does not make any sense.
Regardless, I never claimed female led films were equal in number to male led films. I know they aren't. And it's only exacerbated when we're talking about blockbuster films.
Literally all I'm saying is that the premise of the Variety article that we need more mediocre female-led movies like Captain Marvel is flawed... because they are plenty of big female led movies.
If we're looking at just the big big movies of the last few years, off the top of my head there was a new Mary Poppins, 3 (about to be 4) new Star Wars movies, the Hunger Games series, the Divergent series, Jupiter Ascending, Maleficent, Atomic Blonde, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Beauty and the Beast, Ghostbusters, Ocean's 8, Adrift, The Shallows, Annihilation, Wrinkle in Time, Bumblebee, Mortal Engines, Alita Battle Angel, and yes, Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel. Plus, of course, there are movies with essentially equal co-lead parts like Mad Max: Fury Road.
Again, my point isn't to say that there are more of these than male-led films. But there are certainly plenty that exist. Enough to where the premise that mediocrity is needed is ridiculous.