Target audience for the crime genre

I believe that the crime genre is generally stereotyped as being aimed at men, especially as typical crime films involve things such as sex, violence cars and usually the main character is male and the female is portrayed as the wife or girlfriend who stays at home more of an object than an a main character, for example films such as Public Enemies or Die Hard, which therefore tells us that crime films are being aimed at the male gender. The media says that women generally prefer typical chick flicks such as Legally Blonde or The Notebook because there is a typical love story between two characters, which most women are supposed to enjoy. which I don’t necessary think is always the case I think crime films can appeal to any type of gender I think it’s all about opinion and what you enjoy for example I enjoy most types of film I enjoy Crime films and Chick Flicks.
I think the age of the audience who watch crime films is from 15 and above because most crime films are 15 or 18 certificates therefore this tells us that they are aimed at a more mature audience due to the content of most crime films. A quote from the Office for national statistics website says that “ young people aged 15 to 24 are the most likely age group to go to the cinema, in 2002. 50 per cent of this age group reported that they went to the cinema once a month of more in Great Britain compared with the 17 per cent of over 35 year old”. This tells us that 15- 14 year olds are the most likely to go to the cinema which tells us that the big budget films that are brought out at the cinema are aimed at this age group because these are the people who are going to go watch it at the cinema.