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“Sound of Freedom,” an anti-trafficking drama starring Jim Caviezel, has achieved dominant success.
The film is breaking geographical boundaries by opening in 18 Latin American countries.
Caviezel plays Tim Ballard, a former U.S. government agent, who carries out a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. (Trending: Joe Biden Decides Whether to Wear A Mask Again)
"Sound of Freedom" has now outgrossed summer blockbusters Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ($174 million), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ($165 million), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ($157 million), and Fast X ($146 million) domestically. pic.twitter.com/bj9zmZIhdo
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Nearly two million people across regions from Mexico City to Caracas watched the film in its opening weekend.
“The domestic box office performance on ‘SOUND OF FREEDOM’ has been an incredible success story, but some industry experts have argued our film would not be able to translate this success overseas,” said Jared Geesey, Chief Distribution Officer at Angel Studios.
The film Sound of Freedom (@jimcaviezelfilm) gained an enthusiastic new fan — former President Donald Trump, who praised the anti-child trafficking drama as a "great movie" and "an incredible inspiration" during a screening at his club in New Jersey. https://t.co/5c0wERJ2w6
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“We’re grateful to our fans for proving them wrong, and making us the number one movie in Latin America,” he added.
“We’re seeing packed theaters, standing ovations, widespread enthusiasm, and strong word-of-mouth from Buenos Aires to Mexico City to Bogota to Caracas, Lima, and beyond.”
“We set a goal of reaching 2 million in advance ticket sales—which took a full week in the US—and reached that goal in just four days in Latin America,” Geesy continued. (Trending: Why Joe Biden Must Be Impeached)
“This film is fast-becoming a global movement for change.”
The film has generated $178 million in domestic U.S. box office earnings alone.
This surpassed the earnings of several other notable films, including Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ($174 million), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ($165 million), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ($157 million), Fast X ($146 million), The Flash ($108 million), and Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves ($93 million).