Current Events > Hollywood is shocked that a Christian film beat a gay love story

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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

I Can Only Imagine shocked the film world by taking 3rd place this weekend, beating out Love, Simon. Here's the actual blurb they wrote about it:

As for the weekend's new releases, WB's Tomb Raider performed as expected, delivering a second place finish while the big surprise of the weekend was Roadside and Lionsgate's release of I Can Only Imagine. The faith-based feature delivered a third place finish, defying all expectations, and topped not only Disney's A Wrinkle in Time in its sophomore session, but Fox's freshman debut, Love, Simon.

Defying all expectations! We thought all the Christians had died out by now! What happened?? lol they just never learn
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They both look bad.
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Hollywood: there are more gay people than non-gay Christians.

That's my take away from this.
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That shows you how bad the gay love story must be because Christian films are trash.
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How the hell is Jumanji STILL going?
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LinksLiege posted...

They both look bad.

And that's an understatement.

The Great Muta 22 posted...

How the hell is Jumanji STILL going?

This.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

How the hell is Jumanji STILL going?

The question we all wanted to ask
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

How the hell is Jumanji STILL going?

Its competition are these?
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The other fun thing to note here is that A Wrinkle in Time is turning out to be a major flop, and ironically they removed all the Christian messaging of the book in adapting the movie. Maybe you shouldn't have done that!
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Ah yes, "Hollywood" clearly wrote this blurb

This is such a fucking stupid gimmick
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ASithLord7 posted...

Ah yes, "Hollywood" clearly wrote this blurb

This is such a fucking stupid gimmick

While you make a good point, there is often a common, disconnected "Hollywood" opinion on many things.
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ASithLord7 posted...

Ah yes, "Hollywood" clearly wrote this blurb

This is such a fucking stupid gimmick

Really? Box Office Mojo wrote it based on the expectations Hollywood had. This isn't like some random blog writer.
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LinksLiege posted...

They both look bad.

Christian movies usually suck so I think that's most likely the case with whatever movie that is but Love, Simon is legitimately good.
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so you think there is something wrong with a gay love story TC?
thats horrible
you should be ashamed of yourself!

for shame
tsk tsk

also love simon has been advertised like crazy
this is the first time i heard about this other movie so that would be why its a shock since it seems to have not been advertised as much
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Interesting
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