That’s not, strictly speaking, accurate – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny had already been out for five days, the first three of which out-earned Sound of Freedom’s opening-day take, when the new independent thriller came to theaters on Tuesday. But for a fleeting moment this past Fourth of July, while the intended audience of Indy’s latest outing was presumably spending time with their families and friends at barbecues or in other social situations, an unoccupied fandom rallied by the star Jim Caviezel claimed the day with a $14.2m gross versus Dial of Destiny’s $11.7m. No matter that these figures require selective, almost willfully misleading framing to allow for the David-and-Goliath narrative trumpeted by supporters;
Is this true?
So Sound of Freedom has not actually out-earned Indiana?
If so, that's really lame of those on our side to manipulate the numbers like that.
Indiana Jones cost $300 million to create plus it is estimated almost $300 million in marketing. Sound of Freedom is all in for $15 million cost. It is estimated that Indiana Jones needs to hit $900 million to break even. Sound of Freedom has already broken even with no big money marketing at all.
Sound of Freedom is already $850 million ahead of Indiana Jones in net profit.
Is this true?
So Sound of Freedom has not actually out-earned Indiana?
If so, that's really lame of those on our side to manipulate the numbers like that.
Very pathetic and damaging to us.
ETA:
Well this is a big bummer:
According to this site: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/2023-07-06/weekly/
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Gross on Fri Jun 30 = $23,682,998
Sound of Freedom Tues. 7/4 = $14,242,063
Wed. 7/5 = $4,047,558
It's really lame that some on our side tried to make it sound like SOF was way out-earning another major film...... 🤬🤬🤬🤦♂️🤦♂️
Indiana Jones cost $300 million to create plus it is estimated almost $300 million in marketing. Sound of Freedom is all in for $15 million cost. It is estimated that Indiana Jones needs to hit $900 million to break even. Sound of Freedom has already broken even with no big money marketing at all.
Sound of Freedom is already $850 million ahead of Indiana Jones in net profit.
Well damn......Thanks for the perspective!!!
In other words, yes, it is out-earning another major film.
Love it, happy to be wrong!! :-)