{"id":2337,"date":"2012-06-06T13:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T17:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2012-06-06T13:45:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T17:45:20","slug":"by-the-numbers-what-for-greater-glory-hardflip-and-the-avengers-suggest-about-the-potential-potency-of-pro-faith-films-at-the-bx-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/06\/by-the-numbers-what-for-greater-glory-hardflip-and-the-avengers-suggest-about-the-potential-potency-of-pro-faith-films-at-the-bx-office.html","title":{"rendered":"By the numbers: What “For Greater Glory,” “Hardflip” and “The Avengers” suggest about the potential potency of pro-faith films at the bx office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n

Last weekend was a big one for faith-based films — both of which received a lot of attention from this blog.\u00a0 Here are the results:\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>For Greater Glory, <\/em>the epic story of a fight for religious liberty in 1920’s-era Mexico, pulled in an impressive $1.8 million on only 757 screens. That was good enough to crack the box office top ten — if barely. The movie (starring Andy Garcia) came in #10 overall but was #5 in terms of per-screen averages.<\/p>\n

I gave the film a strong recommendation<\/a> for adults, while noting that viewers should be aware that the violence of one scene in particular (involving a martyred boy) is difficult to watch.\u00a0 A complete list of theaters showing the film this weekend\u00a0 \u2013 and links for advance ticket purchases online through Fandango, MovieFone and MovieTickets.com \u2013 are available at the film\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Besides your humble blogger, the movie has also caught the attention of Rush Limbaugh. Here’s what he had to say about the film.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z1LgY83nIDM<\/p>\n

Much further down on the list (at #42) was the skateboarding-themed Hardflip<\/em><\/a> which I also liked<\/a>.\u00a0 While 42nd place may not sound like a hit, it’s fair to note that the movie showed on only 22 theater screens. It also had a per-screen average of $2,267 which is actually fairly respectable and within spitting distance of Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator<\/em> (#4) which, of course, received far more mainstream media publicity.<\/p>\n