Move over, Taylor Swift. The faith-based movie “Sound of Freedom” beat out Swift’s “The Era’s Tour” to finish in the top 10 for domestic box office revenues in 2023.
The independent film from Angel Studios, which deals with the horrors of human trafficking, made it into the top 10 grossing films of the year domestically after earning $184,177,725 by the end of the year. It just edged out Swift’s concert film, which landed in the 11th spot after it scored $179,635,196, according to Box Office Mojo.
“Sound of Freedom” is based on the true story of Tim Ballard, played by actor Jim Caviezel , a federal agent who quits his job and embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue a young girl from sex slavery in South America. The movie comes from the same studio responsible for the popular faith-based television series “The Chosen.”
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The film became the sleeper hit of the summer after it opened in select on July 4 and ended up earning $19 million at the box office over its opening weekend. The movie beat out films with much larger budgets such as the next installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, “Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny,” which earned $174 million for Disney, and Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” which finished the year earning $172 million domestically.
Producer Eduardo Verastegui previously told Fox and Friends he put his life on hold over the last eight years into making the film.
“I put my life in this movie because this movie is bigger than ourselves,” he said. “I was praying to God for an angel to come and rescue this film. And what are the odds that from all the studios, the one that picked this movie is called Angel Studios?”
Topping the list of domestic box office winners of 2023 was “Barbie” with $636 million, “The Super Mario Bros Movie” with $575 million and in third place the animated hit “Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse,” which earned $381 million domestically.
–Alan Goforth | MV
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