Captain Marvel is now the first live-action movie directed by a woman to gross $1 billion

Captain Marvel going higher, further, faster at the box office means its co-director has made history. The Marvel superhero film has now officially grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, which means that Anna Boden is the first woman to direct a live-action film that achieved this milestone, notes Women and Hollywood's Melissa Silverstein. A total of 38 films have grossed more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office, but of those, just two have been directed by women.
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