This thriller about the fight against child sex trafficking is drawing near to a staggering $175 million at the domestic box office.
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There is one - and only one - other faith-based movie that has turned in the kind of ticket sales that Sound of Freedom has. This film, which stars Jim Caviezel and Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino, brought in $4.8 million more over the weekend, its sixth in release, putting it in eighth place overall from Friday through Sunday, according to The Numbers website.
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More importantly, it now sits at nearly $173 million total, meaning it is sure to cross the $175 million threshold this week. That is something that only The Passion of the Christ, the 2004 masterpiece from director Mel Gibson, has ever done (that film brought in a gargantuan total of $370 million in domestic revenue). In fact, no other faith-based production has ever cracked $100 million at the box office, which gives a sense of the phenomenal performance Sound of Freedom has turned in.
The success of the picture - which tells the true story of former Department of Homeland Security official Tim Ballard, who stepped down from his government post to devote himself full-time to the fight against the child sex trade - is not just defined by its revenue vis-a-vis other Christian movies. It is even outperforming top-of-the-line secular fare, including major studio franchises like the latest iterations of Indiana Jones and Mission: Impossible. In a word, a truly exceptional effort.