How many people in the US have seen Sound of Freedom??
GOOoOoooooooo!!!
We keep hearing about the money, but for public exposure isn't it more important how many people have seen it? So at 100 million $ at an average of $10/ ticket, that would come to 10 million people. Yes?
We need to get this to 100 million views.
It's hard to tell, because Angel Studios (which distributes it) is using a kinda-sketchy "pay it forward" strategy to inflate ticket sales: buy a ticket for yourself, and another ticket for someone who couldn't afford it, for them to redeem later.
From the company's website:
This is how you get theaters with sold-out seats, but not as many actual people sitting in them.
This is a sad revelation on your world view that you see donating tickets to the less fortunate only as a sketchy way to inflate ticket sales.
Fren, we deal with "truth" here to the best of our abilities, and u/nomadic brought sauce... that said, it doesn't mean our movement isn't gathering steam. We are in the midst of the Great Awakening and this film is providing exposure to help shine light upon their darkest deeds... this much we can all agree- regardless of the #'s. 😊
Labeling providing the option to purchase tickets for people who may not be able to afford them only as a sketchy way to inflate ticket sales is not truth. It is just a cynical opinion.
The truth is that the revenue is more important than the number of viewers in the first days and weeks, because if the theaters don't make money, they will pull the movie. Paying it forward increases the revenue and extends the time the theater runs the movie, regardless of the number of viewers.
Call me a cynic too but I would have preferred to see "pay if someone wants to sit in that seat". Or maybe your "donation" becomes an actual donation to fight child trafficking rather than paying for an empty seat that ends up in the pockets of a movie theatre.