Sound of Freedom
‘Cabrini’ Review: A Bluntly Effective Portrait of a Saint From ‘Sound of Freedom’ Team
The story of the Italian nun who established an empire of charitable institutions is recounted in this biographical drama from Angel Studios.
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2023 Box Office: Domestic Revenue Clears $9B in Post-Pandemic First (Thanks, Barbenheimer)
Phew. Domestic box office revenue was able to clear $9 billion after all, despite a dismal fall season at the multiplex, according to Comscore. That’s the best showing of the post-pandemic era, with revenue in U.S. and Canada up 20 percent over 2022’s $7.5 billion. But movie ticket sales are still down sharply from pre-pandemic […]
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‘Sound of Freedom’ Is Now Streaming: Here’s Where to Stream the Controversial Crime Thriller Online for Free
One of the summer's biggest and most controversial box office successes, the film is inspired by real-life subject Tim Ballard, the former founder of Operation Underground Railroad who is now facing sexual assault allegations.
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Among Most Googled Movies Globally in 2023
In a multi-screen digital world, Google’s search world has become increasingly key to marketing movies to a worldwide audience — especially in the run-up to opening weekends. With Barbie and Oppenheimer making waves at the multiplex last summer, Barbenheimer had an unsurprisingly ripple effect for both tentpoles — as they topped the Google Trends table […]
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‘The Shift’ Review: Faith-Based Thriller Proves Hard to Believe In
Neal McDonough plays the Devil, here known as "The Benefactor," in this religious-themed sci-fi thriller from Angel Studios.
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Box Office: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Terrifies With Monstrous $78M Opening
Five Nights at Freddy’s is off to a historic start at the domestic box office, helping drive overall revenue. The latest horror offering from Universal and Blumhouse opened to a record-smashing $78 million, despite debuting simultaneously on sister streaming service Peacock. It started off with a monstrous Friday haul of $39.5 million, including $10.3 million […]
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‘Sound of Freedom’ Team Silent on New Allegations Against Real-Life Subject Tim Ballard
The team behind Sound of Freedom has remained silent so far on new allegations involving Tim Ballard, who is portrayed in the movie as a hero by Passion of the Christ’s Jim Caviezel. Ballard, founder of the anti-child-trafficking group Operation Underground Railroad, rose to new levels of prominence this summer when the film turned into […]
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‘Sound of Freedom’ Director Reteams With Angel Studios for ‘Cabrini’
Sound of Freedom director Alejandro Monteverde is getting back in business with Utah-based Angel Studios for the release of his latest movie, Cabrini. Angel Studios, which found box office gold with Sound of Freedom and prides itself on working outside of the Hollywood studio system, will release Cabrini in theaters on March 8, 2024. The drama […]
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Down-to-the-Wire: Summer Box Office Revenue Could Hit $4B in North America After All
What a difference a month can make. The mood across Hollywood was glum in mid-July after a number of high-profile tentpoles underperformed at the domestic box office, led by Warner Bros. and DC flameout The Flash. Overall ticket sales for the season were running 7 percent behind summer 2022 by July 20, dashing hopes that […]
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Movie Theaters Offering $4 Tickets on Aug. 27 for Second Annual National Cinema Day
National Cinema Day is back in time to ring out summer. On Aug. 27 — a Sunday — thousands of theaters across the U.S. will slash movie ticket prices to $4 or less for any title in any format. The second annual National Cinema Day hopes to build on the success of a similar offering […]
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‘Sound of Freedom’ Filmmakers: “No Single Interest Group Owns the Issue of Trafficking”
As co-writers and director of the movie Sound of Freedom, it has been difficult to watch controversy and partisanship distract, even a little, from the deep intention of our work: to use the power of film to bring awareness to the reality of child trafficking. Way back in 2015, when we began researching and writing this project, […]
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‘Sound of Freedom’ Studio Deflects Criticism: “The Vast Majority of Tickets Are Being Bought by Everyday People”
In recent weeks, as a firestorm of chatter — and questions — surrounding Angel Studios’ Sound of Freedom spread, Hollywood scrambled to understand how tiny indie movie seemingly emerged from nowhere to become the sleeper hit of the summer box office. One major legacy movie studio was so interested in the topic that it commissioned […]
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