Commentary
“Sound of Freedom,” the Jim Caviezel film about Homeland Security agent Tim “Timoteo” Ballard’s relentless pursuit of a child who was trafficked in Colombia, has stunned Hollywood, both critically and financially.
Variety, the industry trade paper, reports the Angel Studio production earned an average of $11,368 at each of the 2,850 theaters at which it was playing over the Independence Day weekend. That compares favorably to Sony’s “Insidious: The Red Door,” which delivered an average of just $10,225 at 3,188 screens, and Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which generated just a meager $5,760 at 4,600 theaters. As of this writing (July 12), “Sound of Freedom” has taken in over $40 million—on its way to $50 million—on a  reported production budget of $14.5 million….