Christian Movie 'War Room' No. 1 Movie in America in Weekend Box Office
Sony's faith-based drama "War Room" has the edge on N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton" with $9.3 million to lead the modest U.S. box office over the Friday-Sunday weekend."Straight Outta Compton" took in $8.9 million at 3,094 locations in its fourth weekend, ending its impressive three-week winning streak at domestic multiplexes. The title should add another $2.3 million on Monday to cross the $150 million milestone, representing another triumph for Universal in a stellar 2015.Sony/Affirm's "War Room" has continued to exceed projections following its surprisingly robust opening weekend, when it took in $11.4 million. The film, playing at 1,526 sites, is on track for a four-day Labor Day weekend haul of $12.3 million, bringing its 11-day total to $27.6 million.See More:How 'War Room' Became a Biblical Box Office Smash"War Room" stars Priscilla Shirer, T.C. Stallings and Karen Abercrombie and was directed by Alex Kendrick. It carries a low-budget price tag of $3.5 million and is the best performer in the genre since Sony's "Heaven Is for Real" took in $91 million in the U.S. last year."It's clearly a movie that's resonating with underserved audiences that are usually left out of the conversation -- it was really perfect timing by Sony," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with Rentrak. http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/673876
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Didn't you seed this two weeks ago ?
I don't have any problem with a Christian themed movie doing well, I used to watch Touched By An Angel now and then myself, but I have no idea why anyone would think it is a subject to brag about. There are about 50 million evangelical Christians in America. These movies ought to do well.
Nowhere to go but down now. Maybe someone will report when it falls off the chart. lol