“When it comes to box office returns, God is good and only getting better.”
That’s the conclusion of Bloomberg Businessweek reporter David Walters, who recently posted an article about the new popularity of Christian films.
Walters reports that "faith-based" films are experiencing a resurgence after a fallow period of several decades. Movies like “The 10 Commandments” and “Ben-Hur” were hugely popular in the 1950s – “The 10 Commandments” is, adjusted for inflation, the sixth-highest grossing domestic movie of all time - but interest in the genre cooled off until Mel Gibson’s 2004 “The Passion of the Christ,” which grossed over $600 million on a $30 million budget.
Walters observes that in 2016 a new crop of Christian films such as “Miracles from Heaven” and “Risen” are doing well at the box office...
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The films that are made by Christians are usually slanted to be perceived from the perspective of Jesus Christ.
ReplyDeleteThe films that are made by Jews usually skew towards the Chosen Race perspective.
Viewers should simply inquire about the origins of the films prior to viewing.
And Hollywood usually distorts the facts and add fictional scenes to make the films more interesting to audiences.
ReplyDeleteMiracles From Heaven was a good movie,but the name of Jesus was never mentioned.It was always "God"(which technically is correct),but Christians like myself will understand my concern.
ReplyDeleteJust be happy something other than Compton or murder are out there
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