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‘Sound Of Freedom’ Expected To Haul In A Whopping $40 Million Over Opening Week
Angel Studios’ Sound Of Freedom — which focuses on former DHS agent Tim Ballard and his fight against child trafficking — continues to crush box office expectations as the film is expected to haul in more than $40 million over its opening week.
The faith-based studio’s film debuted last week and hauled in an impressive $14.2 million on July 4, beating out Disney’s Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny despite using a fraction of its marketing budget. The film picked up another $18.2 million between Friday and Sunday, all despite playing in fewer venues than Indiana Jones and other big studio blockbusters.
“As with our July 4th numbers, today’s numbers exceed our expectations, and we’re going to continue this momentum,” Brandon Purdie, head of theatrical distribution at Angel Studios, said in a statement. “We’re getting messages from all over the country telling us about packed theaters, sold-out theaters and spontaneous standing ovations for the film in numerous locations. Seeing this film has become a must, thanks to incredible word-of-mouth.”
Now, according to box office data analyzed by Variety, the film is expected to haul in a whopping $40 million over its opening week. This far exceeds expectations, as some analysts projected the film to make just over $10 million over the span of the entire week. Instead, it smashed that number on day one.
BREAKING: Sound of Freedom is a SMASHING SUCCESS, projected to earn OVER $40 MILLION in opening weekhttps://t.co/RtqJWbrXsL
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While the film has been met with overwhelmingly positive reviews and received numerous high-profile endorsements, it has also been slandered as “Q-Anon adjacent” by left-leaning outlets such as The Guardian and CNN.
“And you have a lot of people who are in this world of Q Anon who say, oh, they don’t know what that is. They’ve never heard of it. They’re just asking questions. With somebody like Jim Caviezel, he is openly embracing it. He’s openly using its catchphrases and its concepts,” CNN analyst Mike Rothschild said. He’s openly using its catchphrases and its concepts. He’s speaking at Q Anon conventions. And this film is being marketed to either specific Q Anon believers or to people who believe all of the same tenets as Q Anon, but claim they don’t know what it is.”
