Posted on 04/01/2018 5:44:15 PM PDT by ethom
Authentic Christian films are proving to be huge moneymakers for Hollywood studios, despite still being dismissed by many in the entertainment business as “not part of mainstream Hollywood fare.”
Not only are more Christian films being made, they are also connecting with audiences and drawing people out to the cinema again. Last weekend, two of the top ten movies at the domestic box office dealt with explicitly Christian themes.
At number three, I Can Only Imagine, starring Dennis Quaid and J. Michael Finley, earned nearly $14 million last weekend, adding to $17.1 million the weekend before, when the film debuted.
Paul, Apostle of Christ ranked number eight, pulling in over $5 million over the weekend. James Faulkner stars as Paul, while Jim Caviezel, who played the part of Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, flanks him in the role of Saint Luke.
Box office returns are not yet available for God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, the third noteworthy Christian film for the spring season, which opened on 1,693 screens on Good Friday.
The outstanding performance of certain faith-based films continues to baffle Hollywood executives, who seem terminally out of touch with Christian America.
“Therein lies the rub with faith-based movies,” Dergarabedian said. “They are marginalized because they aren’t on the radar or they are somehow dismissed as being not part of mainstream Hollywood fare.”
Moreover, while Hollywood seems to begrudgingly accept Christian film as an important reality to be dealt with, if not embraced, this doesn’t keep studios from attacking Christianity in its other films, either overtly or subtly.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
This must upset Hollywood and the Elites.
The teens and millennials get all excited with super hero and science fictional junk...
More real life style movies are needed...
There’s certainly a strong niche market for faith-based films.
It was an excellent movie - classic Dennis Quaid, and a riveting story line. If you only see one movie this month (or year), this should be it.
Hollywood only discovered that Christian films make money, nothing more and nothing less. If that were not so, why then do 95% of the other garbage films they push do not do as well?
Well sure - it's not an altruistic endeavor, they're in it to make money. As a free-market supporter I have no problem with that:
* They put out a product that I like, I give them my money.
* And along the way some Christian brothers and sisters make a few bucks, too.
* And the Gospel message goes out.
That won’t last. They’d rather lose boatloads of money than support people whom they regard as the cultural enemy.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.