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Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Year Of The Faith Film: Movies That Tell Stories Of Religion Doing Well At The Box Office

Forget buddy flicks, slasher movies and rom-coms.

This year is shaping up to be the year of the faith film, as Hollywood releases a variety of religious-themed movies with hopes of attracting believers and appealing to secular audiences.

“This year, in a sense, is a test of the genre,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Rentrak, which measures television and movie viewing statistics. “This year is going to decide, determine, the fate of the faith-based movie. I think it’s the last untapped genre to go mainstream.”
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Something big is happening.No one would have believed this even a couple of years ago.I have no idea what it means but I like it a lot.My plan is to see each and every religious movie that comes out.

Anonymous said...

God's not dead, He's surely alive

Anonymous said...

What religions?

KEY.

Anonymous said...

God's Not Dead is a great movie...truly the best of them all. Noah however, was pretty weird...sorry I wasted my money on that one.

Anonymous said...

Darren Aronofsky purposely made his film "Noah" an anti religion pro global warming piece of crap that doesn't even mention the word "God" at all. it is a hit piece by a liberal atheist blaming everything on mans impact on the environment . Bait and switch.

Anonymous said...

Not really surprised. 75% of this country self identifies as Christian. The movie doesn't even have to be good and it will do well, as long as the evangelicals get excited about it.

The Passion of the Christ. Perfect example. Not a good movie, it was essentially torture porn. But people ate that mess up.

The irony of it all is that Hollywood doesn't really care about the "faith" or the "message", it's all about a new market to tap into and new profits to be made.

Anonymous said...

Not really surprised. 75% of this country self identifies as Christian. The movie doesn't even have to be good and it will do well, as long as the evangelicals get excited about it.

The Passion of the Christ. Perfect example. Not a good movie, it was essentially torture porn. But people ate that mess up.

The irony of it all is that Hollywood doesn't really care about the "faith" or the "message", it's all about a new market to tap into and new profits to be made.