Angel Studios released its animated Biblical film King of Kings into 3,200 theaters and not only came in second but broke a box office record.
King of Kings overperformed media estimates to hit $19.05 million in its debut weekend, which trounced all the new competition. Currently, King of Kings can lay claim to the best opening of a Biblical animated film ever.
Among the weekend’s other new releases…
Oscar winner Rami Malek’s remake of The Amateur came in third with $15 million. Warfare debuted to $8.3 million. The latest Blumhouse horror feature, Drop, grabbed just $7.5 million. Only the second weekend of the legitimate box office sensation Minecraft beat King Of Kings, coming in at $25.7 million in weekend two. Minecraft has so far grossed $281 million domestic and $551 million globally.
King of Kings wasn’t the only feature drawing the faithful this weekend. Over the past weeks, creator Dallas Jenkins has released the latest installments of his widely popular Chosen TV series into theaters through Fathom Events. The Chosen: Last Supper Parts 1, 2, and 3 have so far grossed nearly $40 million domestic, which is amazing for television content that will soon stream for free. But The Chosen really is a great show, so I fully understand why people would be eager to see it as soon as possible and support it at the box office. more
Unless it’s Looney Tunes I can’t get interested in animated movies.
Gee, folks expressing their values through their wallet, what a novel concept.
There are some fairly big names in this movie, which reveals cracks in the degenerate stranglehold that has plagued Hollywood in the past.
Ideologues like Bob Iger will never get it. His ilk prioritizes the message over profits and would rather indoctrinate than add value to shareholders.
My last theater experience was Oppenheimer, and about 15 years before that, but I will go to see this. The concept of Charles Dickens, a Christian, telling the story is intriguing. And fat box office receipts will send the message to the more reasonable movie makers that what people want is a compelling story that does not pollute the soul.
It was probably produced without a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts too…
Having just watched all 3 of the theater-released segments of The Chosen, The Last Supper (s5), we’ve had the pleasure of seeing the delightful teasers and trailers for King of Kings, and other great-looking films coming out of Christian film productions. There are many wonderful films being made with a Christian message.
We also just finished the last episode of House of David (on Prime)! Wow! An epic story, beautifully filmed. On the heels of that, I also just saw an episode of “Expedition Bible” (Joel Kramer, YT), in which he covers the discovery of a cache of giant spearheads outside of Jerusalem. No other explanation for giant spearheads except spearheads made for giant spears.