Following the heels of the last four films, Pure Flix and Pinnacle Peak Pictures have announced they are releasing a sequel to the storied series, with drop date somewhere in 2023. The plotline follows:
“(After) a favored incumbent suddenly suspends his candidacy for Congress, an embittered but brilliant campaign strategist is lured out of retirement and convinces Reverend Dave Hill to run for office. The race pits them both against formidable opponents from their past, each with plans to inexorably remove religion’s influence on public policy. Set against a backdrop of unprecedented political, civil and spiritual unrest, Dave struggles to answer an increasingly relevant question of our time: Is God dead in American politics?”
According to the Friendly Atheist the films are earning less and less with each sequel, and this one is likely to follow suit.
The first God’s Not Dead truly was a phenomenon, making more than $64 million during its run in theaters in 2014. The sequel, which came out in 2016, made over $24 million. That likely covered all the production costs and then some, but it wasn’t a blockbuster by any means.
God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, the third film in the series, made about $7.4 million. Not even close to the other two.
God’s Not Dead: We the People, the fourth film in the series, was only released in a handful of theaters for a limited run and made just over $1,100,000. But it was used as a promotional tool to get Christians to subscribe to Pure Flix’s paid streaming service.
Another way of analyzing the success of a film is looking at how it did in its opening weekend.
God’s Not Dead made $9,217,013 in 780 theaters its first weekend… which was just astonishing.
God’s Not Dead 2 made $7,623,662 in 2,419 theaters.
God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness made $2,689,677 in 1,693 theaters.
God’s Not Dead: We the People made $1,170,367 in about 565 theaters.
