{"id":1980982,"date":"2023-07-23T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-holds-onto-3rd-place-at-box-office-as-barbie-and-oppenheimer-debut\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T21:01:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T01:01:08","slug":"sound-of-freedom-holds-onto-3rd-place-at-box-office-as-barbie-and-oppenheimer-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-holds-onto-3rd-place-at-box-office-as-barbie-and-oppenheimer-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound of Freedom maintains 3rd place at box office, while Barbie and Oppenheimer make their debut."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fsound-of-freedom-holds-onto-3rd-place-at-box-office-as-barbie-and-oppenheimer-debut%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=1980982&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>Sound of Freedom Continues to \u2064Soar at the Box Office<\/h2>\n<p>The thrilling film, <em>Sound of Freedom<\/em>, has defied expectations once again, maintaining its success in its third weekend despite fierce competition from two major releases. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-holds-onto-3rd-place-at-box-office-as-barbie-and-oppenheimer-debut\/\" title=\"Sound of Freedom maintains 3rd place at box office, while Barbie and Oppenheimer make their debut.\">small budget gem recounts<\/a> \u200cthe incredible true story of\u2062 former Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard, who bravely left \u200bhis job to embark on a perilous journey into the Colombian\u2063 jungles, determined to rescue children from the clutches of sex slavery. Over the weekend, the film raked in an impressive $20 million, only slightly less than its previous weekend earnings of approximately $27 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Sound\u200c of Freedom is continuing its unbelievable ride.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Word continues to spread, and\u200d crowds are\u200b continuing to show up, which is how this film ended up doing more business \u2062in its third weekend than its first,&#8221;\u200b said Brandon Purdie,\u200b Head of Theatrical Distribution at Angel Studios, in a statement provided to the Washington Examiner. &#8220;As we begin to look toward the international box office, Angel Studios intends to continue to push here at \u200dhome. We \u2062want every American to see\u200c this \u200blandmark film.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since its release on July 4, <em>Sound of \u2063Freedom<\/em> has \u200camassed an impressive total\u200d of nearly $125 million at the box office, according to the studio.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, the film&#8217;s ongoing success comes amidst\u2064 the release \u200bof highly anticipated movies, including <em>Barbie<\/em> and <em>Oppenheimer<\/em>. The family-friendly <em>Barbie<\/em> film, rated PG-13 and based on the beloved toyline, shattered records by grossing a staggering $155 million over the weekend. Meanwhile, the R-rated biographical drama <em>Oppenheimer<\/em> \u200cearned approximately $80 million.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump himself hosted a special screening \u2064of <em>Sound of Freedom<\/em> at his New Jersey golf course, attended by producer Eduardo Verastegui, \u200dlead actor Jim Caviezel, and the real-life hero, Tim Ballard, along with his wife. After viewing the film, Trump \u200cmade a bold\u200b campaign promise to \u200butilize Title 42, a policy enacted during his\u2062 administration, to combat the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-overwhelmingly-blame-feds-for-border-crisis-believe-states-will-have-to-fix-problem\/\" title=\"Americans Overwhelmingly Blame Feds for Border Crisis, Believe States Will Have to Fix Problem\">child trafficking crisis<\/a> by swiftly returning trafficked children to \u2063their families in their\u2062 home countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under my leadership, we accomplished more than any other administration in history to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-harris-tells-illegal-migrants-do-not-come\/\" title=\"VP Harris Tells Illegal Migrants: 'Do Not Come'\">combat human trafficking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-signs-off-on-reversing-loitering-law-police-used-to-crack-down-on-human-trafficking-and-prostitution\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom Signs Off On Reversing Loitering Law Police Used To Crack Down On Human Trafficking And Prostitution\">end modern-day slavery<\/a>,&#8221; Trump \u200bdeclared, highlighting the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection \u200cRe-authorization \u2063Act, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, and various executive orders he implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has enthusiastically encouraged his supporters to experience the powerful impact of <em>Sound of Freedom<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM\u2063 THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sound of Freedom has defied expectations, maintaining its box office triumph in its third weekend, despite fierce rivalry from two blockbuster releases. This low-budget gem recounts the courageous tale of Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent who bravely abandoned his post to embark on a perilous mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1980983,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1980982","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}