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Box office: Final Destination scores the best R-rated horror debut of the decade
Also: The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow flopped, Friendship landed in the top ten despite playing in only 60 theatres, and The King of Kings moved up a…
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Peter T Chattaway
Lionsgate to co-produce Mel Gibson's The Resurrection of the Christ
It's the studio's latest foray into the faith-based genre, following hits like The Shack and Jesus Revolution.
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Newsbites: The Carpenter's Son! The Faithful! Solomon! David!
Quick updates on a young-Jesus horror movie, a TV series about the women of Genesis, and more.
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Box office: Thunderbolts* holds well enough in a week with no new major films
Also: The King of Kings is now the first Bible movie to be in the top ten for at least five straight weeks since The Passion of the Christ.
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Newsbites: The Chosen! The Resurrection of the Christ! The Way of the Wind!
The Chosen: Last Supper is coming to Prime Video on different dates in different countries; the sequel to The Passion of the Christ might start shooting…
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Box office: Thunderbolts* has one of the lowest opening weekends of any summer-launching Marvel movie
Also: Sinners had the one of the best third weekends of any R-rated movie ever, and The King of Kings is the first Bible movie to land in the top ten…
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April 2025

Box office: Sinners has a super-good hold, while the top new movie of the week is... Revenge of the Sith?
Also: The King of Kings had a big post-Easter drop, but it is also now the top-grossing "faith-based" film of the decade, and the top-grossing South…
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Watch: The first full trailer for modernized-book-of-Acts series Testament
The first episode starts streaming on Pentecost, i.e. June 8.
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Bible movies on Netflix: the second-half-of-2024 viewership stats
For the first time since Netflix started releasing its semi-annual viewership data, the top Bible movie and the top Bible TV series were both "Netflix…
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Box office: Sinners wins Easter with the best opening weekend of any purely original film this decade
Also: The King of Kings had the best second weekend of any biblical or faith-based film since The Passion of the Christ.
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Box office: Jesus films take three slots in the top ten for the first time ever
The animated The King of Kings had one of the four best openings of any "faith-based" movie ever, while The Chosen: Last Supper is now the…
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Video round-up: King of Kings! Scorsese! Testament! Light of the World! Zero A.D.!
Some new teasers and trailers, and an exclusive clip.
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