Sound Of Freedom opens to a whopping $40M taking INDY 5 down!

For me one of the best actors alive is Jim Caviezel and while he doesn't often make movies that "mainstream" leftist America loves! He's true to his faith, love of film, and craft. His latest movie a faith-based action film called "Sound Of Freedom" is expected to gross a whopping $40M in opening this weekend after July 4 debut beat mega movie Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

This is major folks as this movie was waiting to come out since last year until they got enough attention behind it and now the movie is paying off. From all I've seen and heard this another example of a great movie coming from somewhere other than your typical big studio.

The movie looks like a movie you will hear more from come academy award season and if you don't than you might want to question how respectable they really are. The film again is a Faith-based action movie is now expected to top $40M final domestic numbers which means at the US box office in it's opening weekend. The low-budget thriller about the global child-trafficking, which earned $14million on it's opening day, beat the latest big-budget Indiana Jones instalment. Conservative movie makers behind the surprise hit film by Angel Studios have now released a statement to document the movie's continued success. 

Brandon Purdie, Head of Theatrical Distribution said: 'As with our July 4th numbers, today's numbers exceed our expectations, and we're going to continue this momentum. SOUND of FREEDOM has taken on a life of its own'. 

'We're getting messages from all over the country telling us about packed theaters, sold-out theaters, and spontaneous standing ovations for the film in numerous locations. Seeing this film has become a must thanks to incredible word-of-mouth,'  Going on to say: 'We're deeply grateful to AMC, Cinemark, Regal, and all our theater partners and their hard-working theater staff members for working with us to accommodate the surging demand for this film and having the courage to release SOUND OF FREEDOM during the busiest movie season of the year,'

Dailymail.com spoke to two of the Angel executives behind the successful release, which was in part crowdfunded by a group of studio loyalists. 'We're so excited about the box office success, but what that number actually represents is awareness,' said Jordan Harmon, who co-founded Angel Studios along with his three brothers. 

The film is based on the true story of former government agent Tim Ballard, who quits his job working for the feds in order to skirt the bureaucracy that comes along with going overseas to rescue children from human traffickers. The studio had a goal of selling two million tickets in its opening week to represent the number of kidnapped children across the globe.

On July 4, Sound of Freedom brought in $14million, while the newest Indiana Jones film earned only $11.5million, according to the Post Millennial. The film, also starring Mira Sorvino, is playing at 2,600 theaters across the country, and has earned largely positive reviews, even from critics who are not fully on board with the studio's apparent cultural alignment. The movie currently holds an 88 percent fresh score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and 100 percent audience score with no UK release date announced.

'Let’s assume that, like me, you’re not a right-wing fundamentalist conspiracy theorist looking for a dark, faith-based suspense film to see over the holiday weekend,' wrote Variety's Owen Gleiberman. 'Even then, you needn’t hold extreme beliefs to experience Sound of Freedom as a compelling movie that shines an authentic light on one of the crucial criminal horrors of our time, one that Hollywood has mostly shied away from.'

Part of the early success of the film is owed to the studio's proprietary pay-it-forward technology, which allows moviegoers to purchase tickets for others who may not otherwise be able to see the film. 

Sound of Freedom racked up more than $10million in presales, according to Variety.