Over and over, we are told that Hollywood’s only agenda is making money. It’s not about ideology or social engineering, it’s about chasing the bucks.
There’s no doubt that Hollywood love things that make money–it just doesn’t love everything that makes money. But that may be changing.
Take, for example, the independent film God’s Not Dead, starring Kevin Sorbo (Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) as an atheist professor who challenges a Christian student (Shane Harper) to prove the existence of God or fail the course.
Released to theaters on March 21 by Pure Flix Entertainment, the film–now available on DVD, DVD/Blu-Ray combo, digital HD and Amazon Prime Instant Video–cost about $2 million to make. As of June 18, the indie film garnered a worldwide total box office of $62 million.
Stack that up with the worldwide $100 million earned by Heaven is for Real ($12 million budget), about a little boy who glimpses Heaven and returns to tell the tale; the $10.5 million made by the Christian family movie Mom’s Night Out ($4.5 million budget); and the worldwide $67.8 million made by Son of God, the theatrical cut of the New Testament version of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s megahit History Channel miniseries The Bible (under $22 million for the entire 10 hours), you may understand why Tinseltown could be getting sweet on God-centric themes.
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