Last weekend was a Sunday school special at the box office.
Dickens’ adaptation in a surprise display of strength King of Kingstells the story of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ and made its debut in the US with a $19 million US dollar debut. It’s surprising for the animated film in April – given that it’s a biblical blockbuster, even more so.
DreamWorks Prince of Egypt In 1998, the opening ceremony of a high water mark was set for an anime film based on faith. But as far as the biblical media are concerned, King of Kings Far from a one-off.
The latest season 5 Selected It also exceeded expectations. Additionally, the first three parts of the Christian series premiered in the theater Total over $36 millionhelp cement religious programs as an appetizing type for studios and audiences.
“People are eager for something. They are eager for change. They are eager for positive. They are eager for light.” SelectedJonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus, was interviewed by CBC. “They long for the light that the gospel ultimately provides.”
As studios and streamers sign large budget deals, the Bible returns to a big side after studios and streamers sign more faith-based content.
Earlier this year, Amazon Prime videos David’s House – Drawing the Rise of the Bible Shepherd Boys – More than 22 million adjustments were made in the first 17 days after its release in February. According to Amazon MGM Studioswhich put it into the top ten in the U.S. series.
Lion Gate’s The best Christmas contest ever – The Movement led by Pete Holmes, an already impressive US$40 million evil and Moana 2.
Meanwhile, Martin Scorsese’s Christ-Spirited Story (The Life of Jesus), Terrence Malick (The way of wind) and Mel Gibson (two sequels PassionIt is reportedly all in the work. According to Roumie, this interest and recent success speaks to a wide fan base with multiple beliefs.
“I think … about 30% of the audience around the world do not consider it a religion or a church, whether it is an agnostic or an atheist. Selected. “For us, this is just increasing evidence that the power of the series is telling a story.”
Christianity supports the box office for the first time. In Hollywood’s early efforts to differentiate from new inventions of new television, studios have changed from creating many works to sending their money to less but larger budget glasses, According to Marco Cucco, associate professor at the University of Bologna, said.
Hopefully they can convince the audience to travel to the theater is worth it. To further consolidate the appeal, the early predecessors of those modern blockbusters were mainly derived from historical stories, legends and fables that people have already realized. This includes the Bible story. Ben Hull,,,,, The greatest story evera real person from 1961 King of Kings and The Ten Commandments.
Until amazing success jaw Fundamentally, in the mid-1970s, the biblical formula began to disappear and the cinematic landscape moved the cinematic landscape into action films.
Watch | Selected trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cvj41dtkia
‘Should speak to human experience’
Catholic priest and film critic Eric Mah said the wind more or less makes sail appear in faith-based films. He believes that the reason they return to stand out is the way these stories are told updated.
“A general situation about religion, if it is truly lived and taught, it should speak to the human experience,” he said.
“In the past, the focus was on making Christian movies, with the purpose of being religious or preaching the gospel. Now, I think people are just focusing on making good movies, and I think that’s actually the way to go, right?”
But, it’s not just a belief that is working. Many of these works include Selected and King of KingsS – Start with Angel Studios. (After the initial association, Selected and Angel Studios Separate in early 2024)
The studio was founded by brothers associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has since drawn a lot of Christian and Christian content.
These include 2023 Voice of freedomseemingly secular movies about children’s trafficking The Passion of ChristJim Caviezel. It ends up getting involved in the cultural war, and despite not having a clear connection to religion, it finds itself connected to religious beliefs.
14:19Voice of Freedom unlikely box office dominance
Film critic Nick Allen and journalist Justin Ling explain how a small independent film, Voice of Freedom, released by the Studio of Faith, became a surprise movie success story for summer and how it became a lightning rod in the current divisive cultural war that rages across North America.
“Although Voice of freedom Perhaps not a clear Christian movie, the fact [audiences] In a sense, it’s almost enough to satisfy religious desires, which makes the connection between “ok, this is the one who plays Jesus there.”
But this connection is more than just familiar faces. Wall Street Magazine Entertainment reporter John Jurgensen said part of the association is a culture.
He said: “It’s a movie, ostensibly religious or God’s zero.
In general, art has become a “huge battlefield” in cultural wars, in which ideology hashed through the success of works representing these ideas, Jurgensen said.
Jurgensen said that if viewers believe that cultural or political leanings are historically underrepresented, it can inspire them to vote in dollars to support it.
“These things are emotional triggers for us, whether it’s the music we listen to or the stories on the screen,” he said.
This is a growing desire for excitement, positive content and a desire for independent work – Selected – Separate from the “Hollywood Bubble”. Jurgensen said this type of rise also has at least some connection with the pendulum clock of cultural trends, which are unlikely to retreat soon.
“What we spend money, showing our families has really become a scramble for people who occupy different ways of thinking and want to see the point they represent on the screen,” he said.
“It’s not necessarily why someone buys the ticket. But I have a feeling that when forced to talk about how it fits their broad view of the world, they do see it as part of who they are.”
