David’s Box Office Success Highlights 1 Truth About Family-Oriented Religious Films

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The new animated film, David, had a promising start at the US box office, which is good news for the independent studio that made it. This is the second animated movie from Angel Studios, building on the success of King of Kings and with another adaptation, Animal Farm directed by Andy Serkis, planned for release in 2026.

Although it finished second to James Cameron’s big sci-fi movie, the family film David earned a strong $30 million at the box office, which is a promising beginning. Along with receiving more positive reviews than many other films from Angel Studios, David might actually outperform King of Kings and show that Angel Studios can succeed with animated movies.

David’s Box Office Success Suggests Space Remains In Theaters For Religious Films

The release of the film David shows there’s still a strong audience for family-friendly movies with religious themes, particularly when released around the holidays. David came out on December 19th, facing competition from other new films, but it mainly went head-to-head with The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Fortunately for Angel Studios, that was its biggest rival.

Both Avatar: Fire and Ash and The Housemaid also performed well in theaters. Overall, all four movies had strong openings. While it didn’t beat the original Avatar, the new film earned a good $30 million and landed in second place for the week.

Angel Studios’ latest film is performing even better than their earlier release, King of Kings, which opened with $19.4 million. Like King of Kings, which capitalized on the Easter holiday and ultimately grossed $79.9 million in theaters, this new film benefited from strategic timing around a major holiday.

David is expected to perform well, especially with its release near Christmas. The movie will be released in different parts of the world over time, which could help it earn even more money. This is a great success for Angel Studios and shows a pattern of strong releases from them recently.

David Could Play A Big Role In Determining Angel’s Future

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Angel Studios primarily creates movies with religious themes. While some of their films, such as Sound of Freedom, have faced criticism and raised concerns about their production, many have been financially successful at the box office.

With David, the studio’s second animated movie, it looks like they might be onto something with family-friendly animated films that explore religious themes. The movie earned back half of its production costs during its opening weekend, and could see continued success thanks to school holidays and a limited number of competing original animated releases.

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is a really enjoyable film, and it helps that it already has a dedicated following. However, some viewers might choose to wait and watch it on streaming services, especially since the previous two SpongeBob movies – Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie and Plankton: The Movie – were first released on Netflix.

Honestly, besides the new movie, the only other big animated film everyone’s talking about is Zootopia 2, and it’s already been playing for nearly a month! It just goes to show that if a family movie comes out at the right time, people will still head to the theater, even though a lot of families have been waiting to watch at home lately.

I think this film has a good shot at really taking off when it hits DVD and streaming. The way they released it internationally, bit by bit, and focused on making it something the whole family could enjoy, feels like a smart move for the home video market. If ‘David’ keeps up the momentum from its strong opening weekend, it could prove Angel Studios has found a winning formula – a place for beautifully animated, family-friendly movies.

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2025-12-25 17:18