Hollywood directors pull off box\u002Doffice miracles, beat secular competitors in theatres to bring in millions
The highest-grossing-ever Christian film is a 2014 production called Heaven is for Real. Our hero is Todd Burpo , a small-town Nebraska pastor who also appears to be the gym teacher at the local high school.
For the really powerful stuff, though, you have to turn to the epic four-movie God’s Not Dead cinematic universe . In the opening 2014 instalment, we meet a bright-eyed and sincere Christian college student who’s fallen into the talons of a bitter, miserable atheist philosophy professor played by TV’s Hercules, Kevin Sorbo.
God’s Not Dead was technically the most successful indie film of 2014, produced and distributed by an evangelical firm called Pure Flix. They partnered with Lifeway, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, to promote the film in churches located far from Hollywood; they grabbed free publicity by featuring cameos from TV celebrities such as the Duck Dynasty brothers. Article content
Many faith-based films are deeply integrated into the mainstream. The Shack was produced by Lionsgate under its Summit Entertainment brand — the same outfit that gave us the Twilight films. Heaven is for Real was produced in-house by Sony Pictures. And Jesus Revolution is made by the Kingdom Story Company, a film studio that has exclusively partnered with Lionsgate to make faith-based content.
Yet in a conversation with MovieMaker Magazine, he also cited an unlikely inspiration. “I’ve talked a lot about this with Jason Blum. He’s one of the great minds in our business.”
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