Jim Caviezel stars in Angel Studio’s “Sound of Freedom.”
Angel Studios
Amazon Prime Video has actually protected the rights to among the most popular ticket office releases of 2023: Angel Studios’ “Sound of Freedom.”
The Jim Caviezel- led thriller snared more than $180 million at the domestic ticket office throughout its run, surpassing huge studio movies such as “The Flash,” on a budget plan of simply $145 million. It likewise made almost $250 million around the world.
The movie will stream on Prime Video in the U.S. startingDec 26. Neither business discussed the monetary information of the streaming offer.
“Sound of Freedom,” which informs the story of a real-life federal government representative who stopped his task to save a girl from sex traffickers in Colombia, recorded audience attention, enticing back spectators week after week after its $142 million opening over the July 4 vacation weekend.
Part of “Sound of Freedom’s” box-office success was because of a project from filmmakers to advise spectators to purchase tickets that can be declared online for future screenings by those who might not have the ability to manage them. Angel Studios calls the design “pay it forward.”
That’s not the only special thing the studio provided for the movie. Angel Studios really utilized its crowdfunding design to raise $5 million to disperse the movie after 20 th Century Fox, which formerly held the rights to it, was purchased by the Walt DisneyCo and shelved its release. “Sound of Freedom” covered shooting in 2018.
The anti-sex trafficking thriller has actually struck home with older audiences, a number of whom have actually not been back to theaters given that before the Covid-19 pandemic. It has actually likewise ended up being popular in conservative political circles. Former President Donald Trump hosted a personal screening of the movie at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club over the summertime.
Angel Studios, which has actually ended up being understood for its faith-based material, has a wide range of jobs on the docket moving forward. The studio is set to launch a sci-fi thriller called “The Shift” in December and a biographical drama called “Cabrini” in March.
Correction: An earlier variation of this story misstated the number of “pay it forward” tickets Angel Studios cost “Sound of Freedom.”
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