{"id":1978331,"date":"2023-07-20T11:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-epic-blockbuster-was-expected-to-make-1-billion-sound-of-freedom-is-about-to-blow-away-its-us-total\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:02:55","slug":"this-epic-blockbuster-was-expected-to-make-1-billion-sound-of-freedom-is-about-to-blow-away-its-us-total","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-epic-blockbuster-was-expected-to-make-1-billion-sound-of-freedom-is-about-to-blow-away-its-us-total\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; set to surpass $1 billion, defying expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span 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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 Surprising Success of &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The surprising success that \u2062is \u200bAngel Studios\u2019 \u201cSound\u200c of Freedom\u201d continues to exceed\u2064 expectations. \u200cSoon enough, \u2064the \u2063film will \u2062even pass a big-budget Warner Bros. blockbuster\u2064 once predicted to \u200cmake $1 billion at the\u200d box \u200doffice.<\/p>\n<p>Starring <strong>\u201cPassion \u200bof the Christ\u201d<\/strong> star Jim Caviezel, the \u2063low-budget film follows the harrowing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pixar-reinstates-same-sex-kiss-in-lightyear-film-over-so-called-dont-say-gay-bill-source-shares\/\" title=\"Report: Pixar Reinstates Same-Sex Kiss In \u2018Lightyear\u2019 Film Over So-Called \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay Bill,\u2019 Source Shares\">real-life story<\/a> of one man\u2019s battle to save a brother and sister from the terrors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-nefarious-biden-doj-blasted-for-quietly-removing-sex-trafficking-info-from-website\/\" title=\"Biden DOJ under fire for silently deleting sex trafficking info.\">child sex \u2062trafficking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Its successes began with its July 4 debut,\u200d when \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sound-freedom-dethrones-disney-beats-indy-5-opening-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">managed to topple<\/a> Disney\u2019s \u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2063 opened to an impressive $14.2 million \u2014 nearly its entire budget \u2014 making \u2063\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/daring-rescue-depicted-sound-freedom-thanks-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sound of Freedom<\/a>\u201d the No. 1 movie at the box office.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d sequel brought in $11.7 million domestically over the\u2064 holiday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>As of Tuesday, the Angel Studios production has brought\u2063 in a whopping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/release\/rl4254237441\/?ref_=bo_yld_table_16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$96 million domestically<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Given \u200cthat trajectory, the \u2064domestic\u2063 box office for \u201cSound of\u200b Freedom\u201d no \u200cdoubt will surpass that of the incredibly expensive superhero \u200depic \u201cThe Flash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/release\/rl2225635841\/?ref_=bo_yld_table_15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the total domestic total<\/a> for \u201cThe Flash\u201d sat at $107 million.<\/p>\n<p>Given that the Warner Bros. \u2063film is bringing in\u2064 around $200,000 per day, whereas \u201cSound of\u200c Freedom\u201d is taking in roughly $4 million to 5 million, the latter\u200c will likely pass up the former in \u2062only\u200c a matter of days.<\/p>\n<p>This highlights\u200b not only a massive success for Angel Studios, the\u2063 small company that distributed\u200c \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author-sound-freedom-hit-piece-exposed-lgbt-activist-fretted-stigmatizing-pedophiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sound of \u2064Freedom<\/a>,\u201d but \u200calso the \u200dmonumental failure felt by many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-epic-blockbuster-was-expected-to-make-1-billion-sound-of-freedom-is-about-to-blow-away-its-us-total\/\" title=\"'Sound of Freedom' set to surpass  billion, defying expectations\">major studios\u2019 recent box office offerings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One expert at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markhughes\/2023\/03\/10\/what-if-the-flash-aquaman-2-the-batman-2-and-joker-2-top-1-billion\/?sh=335cdb4d2207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a> \u2064expected the \u200dsuperhero epic to bring in over $1 billion\u200b worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, its worldwide\u2064 total sits at\u200d $267.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/the-flash-budget-box-office-less-expensive-to-cancel\/#:~:text=The%20film%20has%20undoubtedly%20been,the%20completed%20film%20at%20all.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collider<\/a>, \u201cThe\u2064 Flash\u201d could lose Warner Bros. \u2064a whopping\u200c $200 million.<\/p>\n<p>Warner\u200c Bros. \u2064isn\u2019t\u2064 the only studio in trouble, however.<\/p>\n<p>Disney has\u200d suffered failure \u2063after failure this \u200byear, including \u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial\u2063 of Destiny,\u201d which might not\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-box-office-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">break even<\/a>; \u200dthe \u200blive-action remake of \u201cThe Little Mermaid,\u201d reportedly \u200ba \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disneys-little-mermaid-reboot-set-record-flop-hollywood-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record flop<\/a>; and \u201cElemental,\u201d which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/elemental-box-office-debacle-pixar-bombs-1235518578\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened to a record-worst $29.6 million<\/a> for Pixar.<\/p>\n<p>The latter of those \u200dthree, \u201cElemental,\u201d also\u2064 could see its domestic box office total \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/release\/rl1811383041\/?ref_=bo_yld_table_13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$128.9 million<\/a> \u2014 \u2062passed up \u200dby \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sound-freedom-star-shares-wouldve-done-biden-put-mouth-kid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sound of Freedom<\/a>\u201d if the latter\u200c continues to have strong legs.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/epic-blockbuster-expected-make-1-billion-sound-freedom-blow-away-us-total\/\">This Epic Blockbuster \u200dWas Expected to Make $1 Billion: &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; \u200dIs \u2063About to Blow Away Its US Total<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>journey to rescue children from human trafficking. Despite its limited resources, &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; has captivated audiences and is on track to surpass the financial success of a highly anticipated Warner Bros. film. Led by Jim Caviezel, the movie sheds light on the courageous efforts of an individual fighting against the horrors of child exploitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2093,"featured_media":1978332,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1978331","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\/2093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}