Opening Weekend for "The Shack" A Huge Success
The Shack — an adaptation of the best-selling William Paul Young novel about a grieving father who spends a weekend with the three persons of the Trinity — grossed an estimated $16.1 million between Thursday and Sunday nights.That’s the fourth-best opening of any “faith-based” film ever:
2004 — The Passion of the Christ — $83.8 million
2014 — Son of God — $25.6 million
2014 — Heaven Is for Real — $22.5 million
2017 — The Shack — $16.1 million
2016 — Miracles from Heaven — $14.8 million
2016 — Risen — $11.8 million
2015 — War Room — $11.4 million
2016 — Ben-Hur — $11.2 million
2011 — Soul Surfer — $10.6 million
2014 — God’s Not Dead — $9.2 million
Based on the opening weekend for The Shack is also already the 16th-highest-grossing “faith-based” film of all time:
2004 — The Passion of the Christ — $370.8 million
2014 — Heaven Is for Real — $91.4 million
2015 — War Room — $67.8 million
2016 — Miracles from Heaven — $61.7 million
2014 — God’s Not Dead — $60.8 million
2014 — Son of God — $59.7 million
2011 — Soul Surfer — $43.9 million
2006 — The Nativity Story — $37.6 million
2016 — Risen — $36.9 million
2011 — Courageous — $34.5 million
2008 — Fireproof — $33.5 million
2014 — When the Game Stands Tall — $30.1 million
2016 — Ben-Hur — $26.4 million
2002 — Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie — $25.6 million
2016 — God’s Not Dead 2 — $20.8 million
2017 — The Shack — $16.1 million
2005 — The Gospel — $15.8 million
2015 — Woodlawn — $14.4 million
2014 — Left Behind — $14.0 million
2006 — One Night with the King — $13.4 million
The Shack isn’t technically a “Bible film”, since it does not dramatize any stories from the Bible. However, it does feature Jesus as one of its main characters, so if we counted it as a “Bible film”, it would currently rank 14th among the Bible-themed films made over the past 40 years (before we adjust for inflation, natch):
2004 — The Passion of the Christ — $370.8 million
1998 — The Prince of Egypt — $101.4 million
2014 — Noah — $101.2 million
2014 — Exodus: Gods and Kings — $65 million
2014 — Son of God — $59.7 million
2009 — Year One — $43.3 million
2006 — The Nativity Story — $37.6 million
2016 — Risen — $36.9 million
1981 — History of the World, Part I — $31.7 million
2016 — Hail, Caesar! — $30.5 million
2016 — Ben-Hur — $26.4 million
2002 — Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie — $25.6 million
1979 — Monty Python’s Life of Brian — $20 million
2017 — The Shack — $16.1 million
1980 — Wholly Moses! — $14.2 million
2006 — One Night with the King — $13.4 million
1988 — The Last Temptation of Christ — $8.4 million
2016 — The Young Messiah — $6.5 million
1985 — King David — $5.1 million
2003 — The Gospel of John — $4.1 million
The opening weekend for The Shack ranked third for the week, behind the premiere of Logan — the ninth and supposedly final film to star Hugh Jackman as one of the most iconic X-Men — and the second week of the hit horror-comedy Get Out.This is an excerpt from patheos.com
