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‘The King of Kings’ Breaks Record, Proves Young America Has Great Hunger for Christ
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:15 am
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:15 am
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To its detriment, Hollywood has discovered in recent years that a four-word law now governs entertainment: go woke, go broke.
Now, the entire film industry would do well to learn a similar and more positive law: audiences crave Christian content.
The latest evidence for this craving appeared with last weekend’s release of Angel Studios’ “The King of Kings,” which, according to The Christian Post, shattered the record for a biblical animated film by taking in more than $19 million, thereby demonstrating that the audience eager for well-made Christian entertainment includes children.
Incredibly, according to industry pollster CinemaScore, “The King of Kings” earned a rare A+ rating from audiences.
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Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:24 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Ehe pu up numberes this weekenrd like ur mom
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:26 am to Corinthians420
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Corinthians420
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Ehe pu up numberes this weekenrd like ur mom
Name does not check out.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:00 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Jesus resurrected from the dead, and now He's resurrecting the box office too.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:10 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
The gateway pundit is a terrible news source.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:13 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Not to yuck the yum too much, but a movie literally called Sinners got 40 mil opening this weekend too 
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 9:16 am
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:31 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
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Breaks Record
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shattered the record for a biblical animated film
How many of those have there been? 1 in theaters?
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taking in more than $19 million
That's pretty bad in modern movie terms, but these days it's all relative to budget
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:33 am to UltimaParadox
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That's pretty bad in modern movie terms
I guess it depends on how many theaters it opened to.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:33 am to jlovel7
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The gateway pundit is a terrible news source.
Is it? Which part of the article is false?
ETA: People.com more to your liking? LINK
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The King of Kings, an religious animated movie backed by the studio behind Sound of Freedom, broke a decades-old box office record set by The Prince of Egypt.
Starring Oscar Isaac as the voice of Jesus Christ, The King of Kings earned an estimated $19 million over its opening weekend, according to Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter.
That put the independent film at second place at the domestic box office — behind the blockbuster A Minecraft Movie — outdoing major new releases like The Amateur and Drop.
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 9:35 am
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:36 am to imjustafatkid
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Is it? Which part of the article is false? ETA: People.com more to your liking? LINK
:eye roll:
Posted on 4/20/25 at 10:40 am to jlovel7
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:eye roll:
I know right? How silly for accuracy to be a determinant in judging media sources.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 11:20 am to imjustafatkid
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I guess it depends on how many theaters it opened to.
Quick google shows it had a nationwide release in 3200 theaters, averaging 6K per theater. It is up to 3500 this week with the Easter holiday.
The budget for King of Kings is only 15M, assuming the traditional 2X budget for making a profit. Looks like they are in the profit at 35M after this weekend.
So not a smashing success in terms of box office historically. However, anything making money these days is pretty much a win.
For comparison the top film last weekend and second this weekend is Minecraft which has brought in 662 million on a 150M budget. It is really the exception to the current box office trends. As theaters are struggling big time.
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 11:22 am
Posted on 4/20/25 at 11:41 am to UltimaParadox
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The budget for King of Kings is only 15M, assuming the traditional 2X budget for making a profit. Looks like they are in the profit at 35M after this weekend.
So not a smashing success in terms of box office historically. However, anything making money these days is pretty much a win.
I honestly wasn't expecting it to make a profit at the box office, so it will be impressive to me if it does.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 11:45 am to UltimaParadox
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Quick google shows it had a nationwide release in 3200 theaters, averaging 6K per theater. It is up to 3500 this week with the Easter holiday.
Man I had a hard time finding this myself, but Angel Studios is reporting it right on their website.
Guess I should have looked there first. LINK quote:
THE KING OF KINGS: Box Office Totals
Current Theater count: 3,535
Opening Weekend Actuals: $19,324,296
Friday, April 18 Estimate: $6,628,304
Estimated Box Office Cume: $34,693,552
Posted on 4/20/25 at 1:56 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Posted on 4/20/25 at 2:57 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Its up to 45M. So already at 10M profit. Churches start bussing people to see it and look out.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 3:24 pm to rebelrouser
Oscar Isaac is a pretty big actor for an animated biblical movie. Glad it’s doing well. There’s definitely a market out there for biblical animation I’d think. Maybe not one a year but if done right you could put one out one every 2-3 years with various old and New Testament stories and I think they’d do really well.
Almost all parents want good animated movies they don’t have to worry about. A good chunk of them will go with biblical ones.
Almost all parents want good animated movies they don’t have to worry about. A good chunk of them will go with biblical ones.
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 4/20/25 at 4:11 pm to St Augustine
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There’s definitely a market out there for biblical animation I’d think. Maybe not one a year but I’d done right you could but out one every 2-3 years with various old and New Testament stories and I think they’d do really well.
That's where Angel Studios has been so smart
They know they have a built in audience and just have to avoid saturation, which they have.
They can print money by keeping budgets low and not saturating the market. Super Christians have shown they WILL support these movies
Posted on 4/20/25 at 4:12 pm to imjustafatkid
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I honestly wasn't expecting it to make a profit at the box office,
Why?
Super Christians and Evangelicals eat these movies up
Posted on 4/20/25 at 5:51 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:what are these exactly?
Super Christians
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