God’s Not Dead Releases Trailer For Fifth Movie
God’s Not Dead Releases Trailer For Fifth Movie
Following the heels of the last four films, a new Pure Flix and Pinnacle Peak Pictures have released a trailer for the storied series God’s Not Dead: Rise Up. Initially announced in 2022, the plotline follows:
The film tells the story of Reverend David Hill, who feels compelled to enter a congressional race after the sudden death of a favored incumbent. Meanwhile, his opponent is determined to push religion out of the public square, causing even greater division in a time of profound political, civil and spiritual turmoil. As David navigates the treacherous waters of modern politics, his faith and principles are put to the ultimate test as he strives to be a beacon of hope and optimism for many people yearning for spiritual and moral leadership.
The film stars David A. R. White, Isaiah Washington, Dean Cain, Samaire Armstrong, and Scott Baio, with appearances by Governor Mike Huckabee and Grammy Award-Winning band Newsboys.
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.