All summer the entertainment press kept whinging on about a movie called “Sound of Freedom” making over $100 million.
Almost no one — except this column — reminded that Angel Studios was allowing Christian groups and anyone who wanted to “pay it forward” and buy tickets in bulk for people to use for free. It was a scam. “Sound of Freedom” would never have made that money otherwise.
Now Angel Studios has a new release called “After Death.” They’re still offering free tickets but guess what? No one’s going.
In 11 days of release, “After Death” — a documentary — has made just $9.5 million. Theaters are empty. Apparently no one wants to know what happens in a cinematic masterpiece (their words) that explores what happens after we die. We do know what happens when critics see it: a rotten 46%.
That’s because, you know, in the real world, no one knows what happens after we die except the obvious– we are gone. Everything else is supposition or fiction. Sorry. I know that’s tough to hear. But the only the way to find out is to die — and stay dead.
But on November 10th Angel Studios is going to offer a livestream with experts answering questions about near-death — which, frankly, does not qualify as actually being dead.
The “After Death” box office, however, is dead.
