Bonhoeffer Film Flops At The Box Office
It’s official: after three weeks of wide release in theaters, the 2024 historical drama thriller Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. is a flop, representing another misstep for Angel Studios, the Mormon-owned streaming platform and film distributor best known for producing ‘The Chosen’ and ‘Sound of Freedom’
Angel Studios had generated a couple of successes at the box office, with previous theatrical releases His Only Son, doing $13.8M on a $250,000 budget, and their mega-hit Sound of Freedom, earning $250M on a budget of $14.5M. However, their last two films did not fare as well, with the Sound of Hope: the Story of Possum Trot doing $12M on a budget of $8.5M and their 2024 film Cabrini only earning $20M on a budget of $50M.
Their newest flick, which mythologizes German progressive pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, along with the moral quandary associated with such a task, had a budget of $25M but only made $11.3M.
Given that Angel Studios gives subscribers to their platforms two free movie tickets to the show, have long employed a “pay it forward” model that encourages folks to purchase tickets to give to others as a “ministry outreach tool,” and have marketing and promotional expenses as well, it’s safe to say that this has been a complete dud.
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I hope all their movies flop. The last thing we need is Mor-mons trying to sell Christ. Someone they don’t even know. Goes for Glenn Beck too.