{"id":323,"date":"2011-04-18T10:40:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T14:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/catholicsmediaandculture\/?p=323"},"modified":"2011-04-18T11:12:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T15:12:47","slug":"familyfaith-fare-wins-at-the-box-office-walmart-pg-and-nbc-continue-commitment-quality-family-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2011\/04\/familyfaith-fare-wins-at-the-box-office-walmart-pg-and-nbc-continue-commitment-quality-family-programming.html","title":{"rendered":"Family\/faith fare wins at the box office; Walmart, P&G and NBC continue commitment quality family programming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family & <\/em>Faith films score at the box office.<\/a><\/strong> The numbers don’t lie.<\/p>\n

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The success of Rio<\/a>, Hop<\/a><\/em> and Soul Surfer<\/a> <\/em>continue to point to strong audience demand for family-oriented and faith-themed entertainment.<\/p>\n

In its second weekend in release, Soul Surfer, <\/em>the true story of a champion teen surfer who was sustained and inspired by faith after losing her arm in a shark attack, brought in another $7.4 million, bringing its two-week total fo $20 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cAudience support is phenomenal,\u201d says AFFIRM Films Vice President Rich Peluso, adding \u201cTicket sales exceed expectations, and 96 percent of audiences rate it \u2018excellent\u2019 or \u2018very good.\u2019 That\u2019s a whole lot of families and teens having a great time at the movies.\u201d<\/p>\n

More family films coming to a TV near you, courtesy of P&G and Walmart. <\/strong>Though Saturday’s Fox Network telecast of the partnership’s latest effort Truth Be Told<\/a> <\/em>failed to make a dent in the ratings<\/a>, the four previous films (Secrets of the Mountain<\/a>, The Jensen Project<\/a>, A Walk in My Shoes<\/a><\/em> and Change of Plans<\/em><\/a>) all did pretty well — well enough to inspire the ordering of five more films that will air on NBC.<\/p>\n

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The next movie, Field of Vision<\/em>, is currently scheduled to air Saturday, June 11th on the Peacock Network. Other yet-to-be named films are set for August 6th and September 3rd (both Saturdays). As of now, the two remaining movies have not received air dates.<\/p>\n

Here’s a thought. How about NBC just turn over Saturday night to P&G and Walmart come fall and let them program the night with their family-oriented programming? Secrets of the Mountain, The Jensen Project <\/em>and A Walk in My Shoes <\/em>were all backdoor pilots and would make a pretty strong line-up — especially on a night which in recent seasons has been relegated to mostly airing reruns of hour-long crime dramas\u00a0 from the previous week. The night could also be used to run more P&G\/Walmart family movie specials.\u00a0 The network would gain a cost-effective night of original\u00a0 programming. P&G\/Walmart would gain a regular outlet for the films and series while also promoting their brands. Viewers would gain by getting a night of traditional television that the whole family could watch together. As Charlie Sheen would say, Winning!<\/em><\/p>\n

Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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