Thread by @Aristos_Revenge

So I'm going to have to wait to post official numbers, however Sound of Freedom by Angel Studios, starring Jim Caviezel (passion of the christ) w/ some input from Mel Gibson, is absolutely destroying Indiana Jones in the box office.

It's in half the theaters IJ is too. 🧵

So what I can say is that they are very narrowly edging out IJ despite the latter having a head start of a few days, a historically beloved IP to use, and being in almost twice as many theaters as SOF.

And this is not counting 10m in pre release sales for SOF.

To put this in perspective, Sound of Freedom had a 15 million dollar production budget. Indiana Jones 5 cost approximately 329 million because apparently longhousing another beloved action hero is an expensive business. Looks like SOF made 11 million on opening day yesterday.

And to top it all off they sold over 2 million tickets in pre release sales. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I will soon, and I will report back if it's an absolute banger.

I certainly won't be seeing Indiana Jones. Far as I'm concerned he went into retirement after Crusade.

But please do spread the word, the success of movies produced outside of the hollywood longhouse are cultural victories, even the ones that aren't your cup of tea. If you want to start seeing movies and shows that are actually good make a comeback, create the incentive for it!

I would also like to add that when I say "destroying" I mean in profitability. I have a feeling SOF is going to make a lot of money by the time it finishes out in theaters, and has likely just paid for itself within the first 48 hours of release.

IJ5 is in theaters worldwide, it's grossed 130m in box office sales, but it's production budget of 329 million? It probably isn't going to turn a profit if recent trends of other box office bombs by legacy studios are any indication.