{"id":2000835,"date":"2023-08-15T02:46:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T06:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-surpasses-latest-indiana-jones-film-at-us-box-office\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T02:48:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T06:48:49","slug":"sound-of-freedom-surpasses-latest-indiana-jones-film-at-us-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-surpasses-latest-indiana-jones-film-at-us-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sound of Freedom\u2019 beats latest Indiana Jones film at US box office."},"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\">24<\/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-surpasses-latest-indiana-jones-film-at-us-box-office%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=2000835&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\u200d Smash Box-Office \u200dSuccess of\u200d &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The smash box-office success, &#8220;Sound of Freedom,&#8221; is continuing to rake\u2063 in earnings \u200das it surpassed the latest Indiana Jones movie over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The 131-minute film, about the crime\u2064 of child trafficking, has beat major Hollywood \u200cstudio films, doing so with just a\u2063 budget \u200dof $14.5 million,\u200d much \u2064of it \u200bthrough\u200d crowdfunding.<\/p>\n<p>Walt Disney Company shelved &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; in 2018\u2062 until Angel Studios obtained the distribution rights\u2063 with it opening in U.S. cinemas on July Fourth and\u200c going on\u200d to beat Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Indiana Jones and the \u200cDial of Destiny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/the-sound-of-freedom-winning-big-praise-among-the-faithful-in-michigan-5446411\">The Sound of Freedom&#8217; Winning Big Praise \u200cAmong the Faithful in Michigan<\/a> (8\/9\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/entertainment\/sound-of-freedom-crosses-150-million-jim-caviezel-responds-5446548\">Sound of Freedom Crosses $150 Million, Jim\u200d Caviezel Responds<\/a> (8\/5\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/film-review-sound-of-freedom-5433251\">Film Review &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217;<\/a> (8\/4\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Indiana Jones movie reportedly had an estimated production budget of $294 million, not counting marketing, making the film a loss thus far.<\/p>\n<p>As of Aug. 13, &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; has so far raked in $172,813,772 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>, just ahead of\u200d the $172,624,353 \u2064made domestically by \u2063the fifth movie in the Indy franchise, the first since Disney\u2062 bought it from its creator George Lucas.<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana \u2063Jones movie opened on\u200d the weekend of June 30 to an\u200b underperforming $60 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Overcoming\u200d Studio Hurdles<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; is based on\u200c a \u2062real-life \u200cformer Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent\u2062 Tim\u200d Ballard, who saved \u2062children from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-surpasses-latest-indiana-jones-film-at-us-box-office\/\" title=\"\u2018Sound of Freedom\u2019 beats latest Indiana Jones film at US box office.\">international child sex trafficking rings<\/a>. Mr. Ballard quit his DHS job and journeyed into the jungles of Colombia\u2063 to save \u200cchildren from sex slavery.<\/p>\n<p>The film also features\u200c Academy Award-winner Mira Sorvino and Bill Camp from &#8220;12 Years a \u2062Slave&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u200d was directed \u200cby Alejandro \u200dMonteverde and\u2063 produced by Eduardo Verastegui.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ballard is \u2062portrayed in the film by \u200bJim Caviezel,\u2063 best known for playing Jesus Christ \u200bin Mel Gibson&#8217;s\u2064 2004 \u2062hit Christian film, &#8220;The Passion of the Christ&#8221; and as Edmond Dant\u00e8s in 2002&#8217;s &#8220;The \u2062Count \u200bof Monte Cristo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The movie has been\u200b the greatest surprise \u200bat the domestic box office\u2063 in 2023, surpassing other anticipated films like \u200d&#8221;Mission: Impossible\u2014Dead Reckoning Part One,&#8221; &#8220;Elemental,&#8221; and &#8220;The Flash,&#8221; according to Box Office Mojo.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Studios CEO \u2062and co-founder\u2063 Neal Harmon told\u2063 the Washington Examiner\u200b last month that &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; was \u201cinitially\u200b made with [21st Century] \u200c Fox.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After it was\u2063 completed, Fox was acquired\u2062 by Disney, who said, \u2018We can\u2019t release this film,\u2019\u201d said \u2062Mr. Harmon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEduardo spent over a year before [Disney] released the rights to the film. At that time, he tried to take \u2064it to theaters, but \u200cjust as they were, \u200cCOVID hit, and another three\u200d years passed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want \u200dto answer the prayers of children as soon as possible,\u201d Mr. Harmon said after \u2064independent investors saved the \u200cfilm from obscurity, despite discouragement \u2064from\u200c industry experts who said a summer release\u200b would be \u2064a disaster due to\u2063 blockbuster competition from the big studios.<\/p>\n<h2>Hollywood Critics \u200bCall Film Too Political<\/h2>\n<p>The film was screened by former President Donald Trump at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, who praised the film as inspirational.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that I\u2019m not sure\u200b you\u2019re \u2063supposed to enjoy or learn [from]. It\u2019s a combination,&#8221; said Mr. \u2064Trump, \u2064who later posed \u2064with \u2062the star\u200d Mr. Caviezel \u200bat the screening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was a great movie.\u2062 And now I \u200bunderstand why it is doing so well. It\u2019s an incredible inspiration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In response to critics who called the film political, Mr. Monteverde and co-writer Rod Barr, wrote an Aug. 14 opinion piece in Hollywood Reporter, stating that\u200c the movie was &#8220;not in the least bit political.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Child trafficking is not a conservative or a liberal issue. It is a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finlands-hockey-coach-accuses-china-of-violating-players-human-rights-with-18-day-covid-isolation\/\" title=\"Finland's Hockey Coach Accuses China of Violating Player's Human Rights with 18-Day COVID Isolation\">fundamental human rights issue<\/a>, one that strikes at our very core as human beings,&#8221; the two said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone who has seen Sound \u2064of \u2064Freedom knows that the movie itself is not in the least political. It\u200c is based on the\u200d story of \u200ca real person,\u2062 Tim Ballard, who quit his job at Homeland \u2064Security to rescue trafficked children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the development, research\u2062 and writing of the story, we don\u2019t \u200brecall a single conversation with Tim \u200babout politics. Why?\u2062 Because personal politics \u2064should\u2064 be irrelevant when you are rescuing children from human trafficking,&#8221; they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Monteverde and Mr. Barr\u2062 added that Americans should not \u2064let\u200d politics &#8220;prevent \u2064us from \u2064doing\u2063 the work necessary in the \u200congoing fight to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-introduce-end-child-trafficking-now-act\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Introduce \u2018End Child Trafficking Now Act\u2019\">end child trafficking<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Caviezel, who has been a critic \u2062of the alleged sexual scandals in\u200b Hollywood, \u200bhit back at media criticism of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re scared. Quaking in their\u200d boots. And it\u2019s because the public\u2064 are listening to their hearts, which is what this film \u2062tells you to do,&#8221; referring to those in the industry who wish to silence the film \u2063in a July interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChild trafficking is a global issue, \u2064and\u200b we hope to build on\u200b the incredible momentum\u2063 here in the States and share the film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-to-be-played-on-hundreds-of-additional-screens-in-4th-week-of-release\/\" title=\"'Sound Of Freedom' expands to more screens in 4th week.\">powerful message\u200d worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom&#8221; due to its controversial subject matter, but its success proves that independent films can still make a significant impact. With a modest budget and support from the public, this 131-minute movie about child trafficking surpassed the latest Indiana Jones film at the box office, showcasing the power of grassroots funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":2000836,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2000835","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\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}