Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money.
To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.
Regardless of the business aspect of things, is there a reason that there isn't a female Hitchcock or a female Scorsese or a female Spielberg? I don't know. I think it's a medium that really is built for the male gaze and for a male sensibility.