come anticipate Kevin Sarbo as an evil atheist philosophy professor in the new film from Pure Flix Entertainment, GOD'S NOT DEAD

the wind rises played on 500 screens nationwide, magic in the moonlight under 1,000, snowpiercer at under 400

noah, son of god and heaven is for real all played at over 3,000 screens

also if you compare global gross

Noah - $359m
The Wind Rises - $118m
Heaven Is For Real - $100m
Snowpiercer - $86m
Son of God - $67m

and Magic In The Moonlight hasn't even opened in most woody-favoring countries

I'm comparing movies I thought were bigger with movies I thought were smaller (apart from Noah I mean).

Apples, oranges. What about the bananas?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ogyWXNsKt3I/SwTfnhLupOI/AAAAAAAABLw/sYdTGbyXPq4/s400/kirkbanana.jpg

so basically, yes, movies about biblical characters with wide openings did far better than foreign-oriented and upper east side-oriented movies in limited release

i bet snowpiercer could have done better if the weinsteins put any promotional weight behind it, but they hedged their bets

Also I was talking about domestic and I still am.

it's not like all these films were released with the same amount of accessibility and promotion and america just ran to the jesus shit

Pretty good year profits for the financial backers of religious films!

fixed

I didn't realize how many screens God's Not Dead had played on. I thought it maybe did some bible belt screens and then went to VOD.

don't get me wrong cheap jesus movies are potentially even more profitable than cheap "ack! i just filmed a monster on my camera!" found footage movies

it's not like all these films were released with the same amount of accessibility and promotion and america just ran to the jesus shit

I know, I was just surprised. Sheesh man

i'm just saying it's no surprise. the fact that they did better than art movies (and for better or worse, distributors releases snowpiercer and wind rises like art movies)...well, the fix was in before we even had a say

Snowpiercer is an action movie with Captain America in the lead. Everyone I know saw it, some more than once. I thought it was much bigger.

well now you know you have hip cool friends that saw a movie based on internet buzz while the distributors decided it wasn't worth pushing the film outside of urban markets

more evocative numbers

title US Box Office Number of screens released
Sex Tape $38,029,974 3,062
Deliver Us From Evil $30,577,122 3,049
Heaven is for Real $91,443,253 3,048
Million Dollar Arm $36,457,627 3,019

gah i swear i spaced those out more damn formatting

noah's relative standing is less impressive

Hercules (2014) $70,264,908 3,595
Noah $101,200,044 3,571
Blended $46,290,741 3,555
Edge of Tomorrow $99,992,247 3,505
300: Rise of An Empire $106,580,051 3,490

jeeeeeez that's a pretty good per-screen rate for Heaven is for Real

meanwhile

Snowpiercer /$4,446,463 /356
Fading Gigolo /$3,769,873 /356
Veronica Mars /$3,322,127 /347

Veronica Mars is sort of a religious movie tbh.

this suggests the weinsteins probably should have given the odd foreign-born action movie they bought starring someone from captain america 2 a chance

Son of God /$59,700,064 /3,271
Earth to Echo /$38,173,560 /3,230
The Expendables /$29,202,472 /3,221
Lucy /$115,079,315 /3,202

Veronica Mars is sort of a religious movie tbh.

The old gods?

Well, at least in terms of how it was marketed and received.

They had marshmallows for communion wafers at the door.

i wonder how many people funded the movie, got their lil doodads and still paid to see it opening week

the vm kickstarter brought in 5.7 million

Kevin Sorbo has been making the promo rounds lately talking to evangelical or fundie media outlets and of course has been saying kevin sorbo-like things:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/kevin-sorbo-explains-why-more-christian-movies-arent-made-jews-run-hollywood/

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/gods-not-dead-actor-kevin-sorbo-laughingly-tells-jews-news-bulletin-you-did-kill-jesus/

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/actor-kevin-sorbo-ferguson-unrest-let-black-protesters-be-the-animals-they-truly-are/

Which are either him expressing his actual sentiments or desperately trying to mention as many tribal shibboleths as possible to market to his target demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-q-Llzww-8

Best. Movie. Ever.

(Wasn't there a subplot about a girl abused by her Muslim father in there somewhere?)

v disappointed w the ending was hoping for descent into Hell in true Jack Chick-like fashion

2:18 Atheist. (Obviously.)

B-b-but he accepted Jesus in his life as his true savior at the very last minute! The rain stopped!

god should just hit everybody with cars

That is an amazing ending. Taking advantage of a mortally injured crash victim who is probably in shock: the Christian thing to do!

WOMAN: You really should go see mom. She's not doing well.

FAT DEAN CAIN: She hasn't been doing well for years. That's why they call it dementia.

oh word?

can someone explain to me what the dean cain scenes were all about or were those just dropped in from a different also

different movie

Dementia, from the Latin demens, meaning "not doing well for years".

Against the backdrop of the debates, a series of peripherally related subplots develop. Radisson dates Mina (Cory Oliver), a Christian whom he often belittles in front of his fellow atheist colleagues. Her brother Mark (Dean Cain), a successful businessman and atheist, refuses to visit their mother, who suffers from dementia. Mark's girlfriend, Amy (Trisha LaFache), is a left-wing blogger who writes articles critical of Duck Dynasty. When she is diagnosed with cancer, Mark dumps her. A Muslim student named Ayisha (Hadeel Sittu) secretly converts to Christianity and is disowned by her father when he finds out.

Mark's girlfriend, Amy (Trisha LaFache), is a left-wing blogger who writes articles critical of Duck Dynasty. When she is diagnosed God punishes her with cancer, Mark dumps her.

Mark at last visits his mother, only to taunt her; she responds that all of his financial success was given to him by Satan.

So Mark doesn't get hit by any cars at all?

http://doyoubelieve.com/_images/landing_title.gif

That image prompts me to believe, because it provides me with evidence of things not seen.

lol that fucking Ted McGinley and former NFL/"STone Cold" star Brian Bosworth are in this.

can't believe they didn't go with God's STILL Not Dead

that is practically artisanal, aimless, bravo

God's Not Dead 2: Not Deader

Godlier, Aliver

Oh God, You Deader

God's Not Dead is on Netflix streaming now btw. Trying to talk myself into watching it, but I have not unlocked that level of self-hate.