Rob Reiner’s newest anti-Trump film flopped at the box office during its opening week.
The film, titled “God and Country,” took a stab at Christian Nationalism and claimed that the movement was a threat to the very fabric of democracy.
Left-wing critics were head over heels in love with the film because, of course, they were.
However, ticket sales and data indicate that the film only brought in a paltry $38,000 in its first week, across 85 theaters.
This is abysmal for any film whether it be an indy flick or a big-budget film produced by a major film studio. It looks like Americans just aren’t buying what Reiner is selling, but have they ever?
Rob Reiner announced last week: “Faith leaders tell us that Christian Nationalism is not only a threat to Democracy, but to Christianity itself. God and Country opens nationally in theaters today. If you’re in LA, join director Dan Partland at the Landmark Theatre for a screening and Q&A.”
Faith leaders tell us that Christian Nationalism is not only a threat to Democracy, but to Christianity itself. God and Country opens nationally in theaters today. If you’re in LA, join director Dan Partland at the Landmark theatre for a screening and Q&A. pic.twitter.com/cc9VjEVOPu
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) February 16, 2024
Rob Reiner's new movie, 'God and Country' flops with only $38k opening.
I can't wait NOT to see it! 😂
— PAMELA HENSLEY🇺🇸 (@PamelaHensley22) February 21, 2024
Breitbart parsed the numbers:
As one website put it, that’s “averaging $451 [per] theater over four days, which is incredibly low.”
If you assume it only had “one showing each day (and likely it had several), it brought in around 112 dollars a day, or ten people a day spread across however many showings.”
The Christian Post wrote: “The film suggests adhering to conservative Christian views is bad enough, but any attempt at securing political representation to enact them is presumably dangerous & even idolatrous, evincing what Moore describes as a ‘valorization of power itself.'”
"The film suggests adhering to conservative Christian views is bad enough, but any attempt at securing political representation to enact them is presumably dangerous & even idolatrous, evincing what Moore describes as a 'valorization of power itself'"https://t.co/CimmSZ7Kck
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) February 21, 2024
Meathead ignores the fact that this country was built on Judeo Christian values.
Nolte: Like All Rob Reiner Movies, ‘God and Country‘ Flops with $38K Opening https://t.co/EupgHqba9U
— Curtis Hebert (@CurtisHebert) February 21, 2024
Rolling Stone gushed over the film:
And now, half a century later, Reiner has co-produced the new documentary God and Country, which is like an extended argument with Archie’s descendants: the Christian nationalists who played a central role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, form the core of Donald Trump’s most committed base — and make Bunker’s racist patriotism seem almost quaint.
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