-"I Can Only Imagine," a faith-based film that told the true story behind the popular Christian song, had a blockbuster opening weekend at the box office, beating out Oprah Winfrey's new anti-Christian film and a critically-acclaimed movie about a gay teenager coming out.
"Black Panther" ruled the box office for the fifth straight week, and coming in second was the new "Tomb Raider" movie. However, despite the hype, "Tomb Raider" was a flop with audiences, earning a paltry $23.5 million. It nearly finished behind the Christian film "I Can Only Imagine," which finished a close third with over $17 million in ticket sales.
Even more impressive is that "I Can Only Imagine" did well in ticket sales despite only playing on 1,628 movie screens, less than half of the number of screens "Tomb Raider" played on, 3,854. That gave "I Can Only Imagine" an average return of over $10,000 in ticket sales per screen, better than any other movie in the top ten, including "Black Panther."
Oprah's film "A Wrinkle in Time" is based on a popular kid's book, but has been criticized for omitting the book's references to Jesus and Christianity, opting for a New Age theme instead...
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