Is this true?

So, I was watching a video essay (as one does) about the making of the movie chicken little (dont ask lol) and in the video it showed some original concepts for the movie. Originally, it was going to be a whole different story with chicken little even being a girl. But the directors shut it down because, ”Boys are more likely to watch the movie if the main character is a boy too.”

This got me thinking, do ya’ll watch more movies that star girl protags or guy protags?
(Sorry if this is a really dumb question XD)