{"id":1971976,"date":"2023-07-13T13:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/production-house-behind-sound-of-freedom-addresses-rumors-of-amc-sabotage\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:32:05","slug":"production-house-behind-sound-of-freedom-addresses-rumors-of-amc-sabotage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/production-house-behind-sound-of-freedom-addresses-rumors-of-amc-sabotage\/","title":{"rendered":"Production House denies AMC sabotage rumors for &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproduction-house-behind-sound-of-freedom-addresses-rumors-of-amc-sabotage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1971976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Truth Behind the Rumors: AMC Theatres Not Sabotaging &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The studio behind the hit film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sound-of-freedom-takes-top-spot-at-box-office-on-fourth-of-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sound of Freedom<\/a>\u201d said Thursday that rumors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/amc-theatres-cancels-de-transitioner-film-following-trans-groups-de-platforming-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMC Theatres<\/a> trying to sabotage the movie are unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>Videos online have gone viral insinuating AMC made it intentionally difficult for people to view \u201cSound of Freedom,\u201d which deals with the horrors of human trafficking. In one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> post, for example, a woman says her tickets were refunded without notice, and she was suspicious when the theater told her the refund was due to air conditioning issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand there are rumors \u2014 predominantly in social media \u2014 that AMC theaters have made it difficult for fans to see SOUND of FREEDOM in local AMC theaters, and we want to make it clear these rumors are not accurate,\u201d Brandon Purdie, Head of Angel Theatrical Distribution, said in a press release sent to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Purdie said AMC \u201chas been an outstanding partner for Angel Studios,\u201d adding that AMC has actually agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angel-studios-and-amc-theaters-respond-to-rumors-over-sound-of-freedom-screenings\/\" title=\"Angel Studios and AMC theaters address rumors about Sound of Freedom screenings.\">add additional screens<\/a> for \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d this coming weekend due to the film\u2019s stellar performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngel Studios and the producers of SOUND OF FREEDOM are asking our fans to support AMC, and all of our other theatrical partners,\u201d the executive added. \u201cSummer is the busiest season for people working in theaters, so we ask that anyone attending a screening of SOUND OF FREEDOM show kindness to their local theater staff. We have the best movie fans in the business. Let\u2019s continue to show theaters the love that Angel supporters are known for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the first eight days of its release, \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d earned more than $45 million at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-space-jam-bombs-denied-china-opening-despite-groveling-to-communists\/\" title=\"LeBron James\u2019 \u2018Space Jam\u2019 Bombs, Denied China Opening Despite Groveling To Communists\u00a0\">domestic box office<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/release\/rl4254237441\/?ref_=bo_hm_rd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>. It also earned a coveted A+ CinemaScore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sound-of-freedom-dominates-box-office-in-florida-texas-and-arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xvs91rp x1s688f x5n08af x10wh9bi x1wdrske x8viiok x18hxmgj\" dir=\"auto\">But some supporters said it was a challenge for them to watch the film at AMC Theaters.\u00a0<\/span>In one viral TikTok video, a woman says her tickets and others\u2019 tickets were refunded because the theater\u2019s air conditioning wasn\u2019t working. She suggests the move from AMC is suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warning-for-america-the-four-steps-of-marxist-takeover-were-activated-in-2020\/\" title=\"Warning for America: The Four Steps of Marxist Takeover Were Activated in 2020\">left-wing media outlets<\/a> have trashed \u201cSound of Freedom,\u201d suggesting it panders to far-right audiences and conspiracy theorists. Notably, some of those same outlets have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2018\/dec\/23\/child-sex-trafficking-rife-colombia-cartagena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">covered<\/a> child sex trafficking in places like Columbia in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe preordered our tickets, paid for them,\u201d the woman says in the video. \u201cAt some point today, our tickets got refunded to my friend.\u201d\u00a0She said the theater told her, \u201cWe refunded all the tickets because there\u2019s no air conditioning in our theaters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe get to thinking, why did they not send out a notice in an email and say, \u2018Hey, we refunded your tickets because there is no air conditioning.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere was air conditioning in the lobby, there was air conditioning in the hallways, there was air conditioning in the bathrooms \u2014 not the theaters?\u201d she questioned. \u201cI smell something stinky.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CunHYo1ssXw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CunHYo1ssXw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Millennial Republicans (@millennial_republicans)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/amc-theatres-cancels-de-transitioner-film-following-trans-groups-de-platforming-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMC Theatres Cancels De-Transitioner Film Following Trans Group\u2019s De-Platforming\u00a0Campaign<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creators of &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; dismissed claims that AMC Theatres aimed to undermine the film. Online videos suggesting AMC deliberately hindered access to the movie, which sheds light on human trafficking, have gained popularity. A TikTok post exemplified this. However, the studio refuted these rumors on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1971977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}