With more theaters reopening and film-goers slowly returning, life is being resuscitated into the specialty box office. This week we see a faith-based movie premiere banking serious dinero.
Witnesses is a film recounting the early days of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and the translation of the Book of Mormon. The movie is directed and edited by Mark Goodman and distributed by Purdie Distribution. Daniel and Deborah Peterson of the Interpreter Foundation serve as executive producers.
President of Purdie Distribution Brandon Purdie said “Witnesses is the most significant and ambitious film dealing with the early history of the Church and the translation of the Book of Mormon to ever be released on the big screen.”
At the very least, their efforts will have been written on money. Witnesses opened on around 90 screen to a weekend gross of $155K. That’s a per screen average of $1722, a very solid showing given...
Witnesses is a film recounting the early days of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and the translation of the Book of Mormon. The movie is directed and edited by Mark Goodman and distributed by Purdie Distribution. Daniel and Deborah Peterson of the Interpreter Foundation serve as executive producers.
President of Purdie Distribution Brandon Purdie said “Witnesses is the most significant and ambitious film dealing with the early history of the Church and the translation of the Book of Mormon to ever be released on the big screen.”
At the very least, their efforts will have been written on money. Witnesses opened on around 90 screen to a weekend gross of $155K. That’s a per screen average of $1722, a very solid showing given...
- 6/6/2021
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
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