{"id":59275,"date":"2018-04-03T12:08:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=59275"},"modified":"2018-04-03T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T19:20:00","slug":"easter-weekend-box-office-and-ratings-superstar-hits-gods-not-dead-3-misses-i-can-only-imagine-continues-to-exceed-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2018\/04\/easter-weekend-box-office-and-ratings-superstar-hits-gods-not-dead-3-misses-i-can-only-imagine-continues-to-exceed-expectations.html","title":{"rendered":"Easter weekend box office and ratings: Superstar<\/i> hits, God’s Not Dead 3<\/i> misses, I Can Only Imagine<\/i> continues to exceed expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Just a few quick notes on how religion-ish movies and TV shows did this Easter weekend.<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n

First, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert<\/a><\/i> \u2014 which I have not yet seen, though I did write about Christian responses to previous<\/i> versions of Superstar<\/i><\/a> for Christianity Today<\/i> \u2014 was the top-rated TV show<\/a> on Sunday night, with 9.6 million viewers<\/b>.<\/p>\n

That may be the biggest audience that any major-network adaptation of the Bible has had in recent years. It beats the 6.6 million viewers who watched 2016\u2019s quasi-live musical version of The Passion<\/a><\/i>, it trounces the 3.3 million viewers who watched the Of Kings and Prophets<\/a><\/i> premiere in 2016 (the show was cancelled<\/a> after two episodes), and it\u2019s even ahead of the 9.5 million viewers that A.D. The Bible Continues<\/a><\/i> had at its peak in 2015 (all but three episodes of that show landed between 3 million and 6 million viewers).<\/p>\n

Among recent live musicals, Jesus Christ Superstar<\/i> seems to have landed somewhere in the middle \u2014 slightly ahead of Hairspray<\/i> (9.1 million viewers in 2016) and Peter Pan<\/i> (9.2 million viewers in 2014), well ahead of A Christmas Story<\/i> (4.5 million viewers in 2017) and The Passion<\/i>, and somewhere behind The Wiz<\/i> (11.5 million viewers in 2015), Grease<\/i> (12.2 million viewers in 2014) and The Sound of Music<\/i> (18.6 million viewers in 2013).<\/p>\n

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Second, God\u2019s Not Dead: A Light in the Darkness<\/a><\/i> \u2014 the third installment in the God\u2019s Not Dead<\/a><\/i> series \u2014 failed to crack the weekly top ten at the box office.<\/p>\n

The film earned only $2.7 million on 1,693 screens between Friday and Sunday<\/a>, landing it in 12th place and giving it the lowest per-screen average ($1,589) of the top twelve. It made less than half of what God\u2019s Not Dead 2<\/i> opened to in 2016<\/a>, and less than a third of what the first film opened to when it premiered in only 780 theatres in 2014.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s Not Dead: A Light in the Darkness<\/i> also marks the fourth time in a row \u2014 following Samson<\/a><\/i> six weeks ago and Same Kind of Different as Me<\/a><\/i> and A Question of Faith<\/i> last year \u2014 that a major release from Pure Flix Studios<\/a> has failed to crack the top ten.<\/p>\n

Pure Flix\u2019s next release will be Unbroken: Path to Redemption<\/i>, a sort of unofficial sequel to Angelina Jolie\u2019s Unbroken<\/a><\/i> depicting the main character\u2019s conversion to Christianity \u2014 a key part of the story that many Christians and other fans of the book felt was conspicuously missing from Jolie\u2019s film adaptation. The film comes out October 5.<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n

Third, I Can Only Imagine<\/a><\/i> and Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/a><\/i> had two of the best holds of the top ten, dropping only 23.3% and 33.2% from the previous weekend, respectively.<\/p>\n

I Can Only Imagine<\/i> grossed $10.4 million, which is easily the best that any \u201cfaith-based\u201d movie has done in its third week aside from The Passion of the Christ<\/i>. And with $55.3 million in the till to date, it is already the eighth-highest-grossing \u201cfaith-based\u201d film of all time in North America. (It is also currently the eighth-biggest movie of the year<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/i> grossed $3.5 million and raised its domestic total to $11.5 million. The film has earned another $667,528 overseas for a global total of $12.2 million.<\/p>\n

And speaking of foreign releases, Deadline<\/a> reports that Mary Magdalene<\/a><\/i> \u2014 currently playing on every continent except for Africa and Antarctica, but not in the United States or Canada \u2014 has earned only $8.3 million worldwide, as of Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a far cry from the $88.6 million that director Garth Davis\u2019s previous film Lion<\/a><\/i> earned overseas, to say nothing of the $140.3 million it earned worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n

Here are some stats re: the new \u201cfaith-based<\/a>\u201d films and their box-office performance:<\/p>\n

I Can Only Imagine<\/i> had the second-highest third-weekend gross<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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  1. 2004 \u2014 The Passion of the Christ<\/i> \u2014 $32.1 million \/ -39.7%\n<\/li>
  2. 2018 \u2014 I Can Only Imagine<\/i> \u2014 $10.4 million \/ -23.3%<\/b>\n<\/li>
  3. 2014 \u2014 Heaven Is for Real<\/i> \u2014 $8.6 million \/ -40.1%\n<\/li>
  4. 2015 \u2014 War Room<\/i> \u2014 $7.8 million \/ -18.0%\n<\/li>
  5. 2014 \u2014 God\u2019s Not Dead<\/i> \u2014 $7.8 million \/ -11.8%\n<\/li>
  6. 2016 \u2014 Miracles from Heaven<\/i> \u2014 $7.3 million \/ -25.2%\n<\/li>
  7. 2017 \u2014 The Shack<\/i> \u2014 $6.0 million \/ -40.0%\n<\/li>
  8. 2014 \u2014 Son of God<\/i> \u2014 $5.5 million \/ -46.7%\n<\/li>
  9. 2011 \u2014 Soul Surfer<\/i> \u2014 $5.4 million \/ -25.2%\n<\/li>
  10. 2006 \u2014 The Nativity Story<\/i> \u2014 $4.7 million \/ -18.5%<\/li><\/ol>\n

    .
    I Can Only Imagine<\/i> had the fourth-highest third-weekend per-screen average<\/b> of any film that played in at least 500 theatres (all of the films below had played in at least 875):<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. 2004 \u2014 The Passion of the Christ<\/i> \u2014 $32.1 million \/ $9,975 avg.\n<\/li>
    2. 2015 \u2014 War Room<\/i> \u2014 $7.8 million \/ $4,719 avg.\n<\/li>
    3. 2014 \u2014 God\u2019s Not Dead<\/i> \u2014 $7.8 million \/ $4,416 avg.\n<\/li>
    4. 2018 \u2014 I Can Only Imagine<\/i> \u2014 $10.8 million \/ $3,844 avg.<\/b>\n<\/li>
    5. 2008 \u2014 Fireproof<\/i> \u2014 $3.1 million \/ $3,590 avg.\n<\/li>
    6. 2014 \u2014 Heaven Is for Real<\/i> \u2014 $8.6 million \/ $2,936 avg.\n<\/li>
    7. 2011 \u2014 Courageous<\/i> \u2014 $3.3 million \/ $2,723 avg.\n<\/li>
    8. 2002 \u2014 Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie<\/i> \u2014 $3.9 million \/ $2,470 avg.\n<\/li>
    9. 2011 \u2014 Soul Surfer<\/i> \u2014 $5.4 million \/ $2,427 avg.\n<\/li>
    10. 2016 \u2014 Miracles from Heaven<\/i> \u2014 $7.3 million \/ $2,300 avg.<\/li><\/ol>\n

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      I Can Only Imagine<\/i> currently has the eighth-highest total gross<\/b> within the genre:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. 2004 \u2014 The Passion of the Christ<\/i> \u2014 $370.8 million\n<\/li>
      2. 2014 \u2014 Heaven Is for Real<\/i> \u2014 $91.4 million\n<\/li>
      3. 2015 \u2014 War Room<\/i> \u2014 $67.8 million\n<\/li>
      4. 2016 \u2014 Miracles from Heaven<\/i> \u2014 $61.7 million\n<\/li>
      5. 2014 \u2014 God\u2019s Not Dead<\/i> \u2014 $60.8 million\n<\/li>
      6. 2014 \u2014 Son of God<\/i> \u2014 $59.7 million\n<\/li>
      7. 2017 \u2014 The Shack<\/i> \u2014 $57.4 million\n<\/li>
      8. 2018 \u2014 I Can Only Imagine<\/i> \u2014 $55.3 million<\/b>\n<\/li>
      9. 2011 \u2014 Soul Surfer<\/i> \u2014 $43.9 million\n<\/li>
      10. 2017 \u2014 The Star<\/i> \u2014 $40.9 million<\/li><\/ol>\n

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        Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/i> currently ranks 18th in terms of total gross<\/b> among Bible movies released over the last 40 years (and 15th among films from the last 20 years):<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. 2004 \u2014 The Passion of the Christ<\/i> \u2014 $370.8 million\n<\/li>
        2. 1998 \u2014 The Prince of Egypt<\/i> \u2014 $101.4 million\n<\/li>
        3. 2014 \u2014 Noah<\/i> \u2014 $101.2 million\n<\/li>
        4. 2014 \u2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/i> \u2014 $65 million\n<\/li>
        5. 2014 \u2014 Son of God<\/i> \u2014 $59.7 million\n<\/li>
        6. 2017 \u2014 The Shack<\/i> \u2014 $57.4 million\n<\/li>
        7. 2009 \u2014 Year One<\/i> \u2014 $43.3 million\n<\/li>
        8. 2017 \u2014 The Star<\/i> \u2014 $40.9 million\n<\/li>
        9. 2006 \u2014 The Nativity Story<\/i> \u2014 $37.6 million\n<\/li>
        10. 2016 \u2014 Risen<\/i> \u2014 $36.9 million\n<\/li>
        11. 1981 \u2014 History of the World, Part I<\/i> \u2014 $31.7 million\n<\/li>
        12. 2016 \u2014 Hail, Caesar!<\/i> \u2014 $30.5 million\n<\/li>
        13. 2016 \u2014 Ben-Hur<\/i> \u2014 $26.4 million\n<\/li>
        14. 2002 \u2014 Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie<\/i> \u2014 $25.6 million\n<\/li>
        15. 1979 \u2014 Monty Python\u2019s Life of Brian<\/i> \u2014 $20 million\n<\/li>
        16. 1980 \u2014 Wholly Moses!<\/i> \u2014 $14.2 million\n<\/li>
        17. 2006 \u2014 One Night with the King<\/i> \u2014 $13.4 million\n<\/li>
        18. 2018 \u2014 Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/i> \u2014 $11.5 million<\/b>\n<\/li>
        19. 1988 \u2014 The Last Temptation of Christ<\/i> \u2014 $8.4 million\n<\/li>
        20. 2016 \u2014 The Young Messiah<\/i> \u2014 $6.5 million\n<\/li>
        21. 1985 \u2014 King David<\/i> \u2014 $5.1 million\n<\/li>
        22. 2018 \u2014 Samson<\/i> \u2014 $4.7 million\n<\/li>
        23. 2003 \u2014 The Gospel of John<\/i> \u2014 $4.1 million\n<\/li>
        24. 2007 \u2014 The Ten Commandments<\/i> \u2014 $952,820<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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