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I was expecting a cheesy movie along the lines of the Left Behind movies - and while the acting was far from great (with a few surprising exceptions), I found the film to be much better put together than I expected.Īnd personally, I found it extremely moving and that surprised me big time. Believe me when I tell you I was not looking forward to watching it, but my wife and I and another couple made a day of it, driving up to Park City. What I do find interesting is that the movie has held up so well - this must be attributed to good word of mouth. Of course I'm not saying that didn't happen, just that it didn't happen at my church. I didn't even know about it until after it had already opened. I can tell you that I heard no such announcement or mention at the church I attend. Sure, I've heard the "call to action" reasoning - churches exhorting their members to go out and see the film and support it. I would add to that how the heck did it manage to trounce Bill Maher's anti-religion movie? Granted, Fireproof opened on 60% more screens, but over ensuing weekends its numbers have dropped by a far lower margin due to word of mouth than Religulous.Ī friend of mine who runs a movie news site asked (incredulously) how in the heck a movie like Fireproof could have a $6 million opening weekend. Fireproof had an ROI of $46 for every dollar spent while Religulous earned $4 for every dollar (probably less, if marketing is considered). As of the date of this post the numbers are $23.6MM vs $10.6MM.Īnd let's not even get into the profit margin side of things. On their respective opening weekends (one week apart), the barely advertised Fireproof earned $6.8 million while the highly advertised Religulous earned only $3.4 million. What I found to be completely unexpected is the fact that Fireproof has earned twice as much at the box office as Religulous.īoth opening weekend box office numbers and total to date are as close to two-to-one as you can get. And of course the subject matter and message of the film doomed it to critical panning overall, regardless - although I was surprised to see at least moderate recommendations from a couple of critics at the NY Times and Variety which looked past the obvious at the emotional impact of the film.
Cast of fireproof the movie professional#
no professional actors outside of Kirk Cameron. I can't say I'm surprised due to a number of reasons - I'm sure the production values on Maher's film are far higher than on Kendrick's, and the Fireproof cast was populated by members of the local church. Maybe once the election dust has settled and it's no longer saturating the web I'll feel up to it.Įxpectedly, Religulous has been getting much better reviews than Fireproof. All this electioneering has my blood pressure spiking already and I don't need to see Maher's smarmy approach to belittling religion to put me over the top. I haven't seen Bill Maher's Religulous, and honestly, have no desire to do so - at least for a few months. It was written, produced and directed by Alex Kendrick, whose previous two films Facing the Giants and Flywheel (neither which I've seen) are both also Christian-centric films. As far as I know Cameron refused a paycheck for appearing in the film. It cost all of $500,000 to produce thanks to tons of volunteer efforts and community donations. I went and saw Fireproof this weekend, the low budget Christian film starring Kirk Cameron.