When people ask why there are so few minorities and women in comic book movies, the answer if often because it wouldn't appeal to the masses. I did some research and found out that based on stats from 2012: 45% of comic book readers are now women, 52% of moviegoers are women and between 40 and 50% (various sources differ on this) of moviegoers are not white. I also found that all of these percentages have steadily grown over the past 10 years. These stats suggest that comic book movies that star minorities and women would attract about the same amount of moviegoers as ones that don't. So I don't think it's a question of what makes more money.
I've also heard people say that there are not any recognizable minority or women characters within the major comic book universes. It is true that there are no "Batman", "Superman" or "Spiderman" level minority or women characters in terms of popularity, but "Antman" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" are getting movies and I highly doubt those characters are more recognizable than "Wonder Woman", "She-Hulk", "Supergirl", "Black Panther", "Luke Cage", Kyle Rayner or John Stewart of the "Green Lanterns", "Spiderman 2099" or "Static".
Also, by launching these characters in theaters, there's a chance that their popularity could significantly rise. For example, "Blade" was a non-factor in the Marvel Universe, but the success of his movie trilogy turned him into arguably the most recognizable horror superhero in Marvel.
I have no idea why these characters aren't starring in movies, I just wanted to let the facts be known.
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