Jim Caviezel stars in Angel Studio’s “Sound of Freedom.”
Angel Studios
Amazon Prime Video has secured the rights to one of many hottest field workplace releases of 2023 — Angel Studios’ “Sound of Freedom.”
The Jim Caviezel-led thriller snared greater than $180 million on the home field workplace throughout its run, outpacing large studio movies reminiscent of “The Flash,” on a finances of simply $14.5 million. It additionally made practically $250 million worldwide.
The movie will stream on Prime Video within the U.S. beginning Dec. 26. Neither firm commented on the monetary particulars of the streaming deal.
“Sound of Freedom,” which tells the story of a real-life authorities agent who stop his job to rescue a younger lady from intercourse traffickers in Colombia, captured viewers consideration, luring again moviegoers week after week after its $14.2 million opening over the July 4 vacation weekend.
A part of “Sound of Freedom’s” box-office success was attributable to a marketing campaign from filmmakers to induce moviegoers to purchase tickets that may be claimed on-line for future screenings by those that might not be capable to afford them. Angel Studios calls the mannequin “pay it ahead.”
And that is not the one distinctive factor the studio did for the movie. Angel Studios truly used its crowdfunding mannequin to lift $5 million with a purpose to distribute the movie after twentieth Century Fox, which beforehand held the rights to it, was purchased by the Walt Disney Co. and shelved its launch. “Sound of Freedom” wrapped filming in 2018.
The anti-sex trafficking thriller has struck a chord with older audiences, a lot of whom haven’t been again to theaters since earlier than the Covid pandemic. It has additionally turn out to be in style in conservative political circles. Former President Donald Trump hosted a non-public screening of the movie at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf membership over the summer time.
Angel Studios, which has turn out to be identified for its faith-based content material, has all kinds of tasks on the docket going ahead. The studio is about to launch a sci-fi thriller known as “The Shift” in December and biographical drama “Cabrini” in March.
Correction: An earlier model of this story misstated what number of “pay it ahead” tickets Angel Studios bought for “Sound of Freedom.”