New Biblical Journey Film Smashes A number of Field Workplace Information Regardless of Large Avatar 3 Competitors

David is ready to smash a number of field workplace data throughout its opening weekend. The animated musical, which tells the biblical story of David and Goliath, was delivered to theaters by Angel Studios, the faith-based firm behind the controversial 2023 hit Sound of Freedom.

David, which was co-written and co-directed by Brent Dawes and Phil Cunningham, debuted on December 19. That is the identical day as James Cameron’s Avatar: Fireplace and Ash, which is a sequel to the primary and third highest-grossing films of all time and is projected to premiere at No. 1 with a home debut of greater than $80 million.

Angel Studios studies that, as of Sunday morning, David is projected to earn a 3-day complete of $22 million on the home field workplace by the top of its opening weekend. Whereas this isn’t sufficient for it to compete straight with Avatar 3, it has smashed a number of field workplace data.

This contains incomes the highest-grossing opening weekend ever for Angel Studios, beating out Sound of Freedom‘s $19.7 million (which was the opening salvo of a smash-hit run that noticed it will definitely earn $250.6 million worldwide).

David has additionally earned the largest opening weekend in historical past for a faith-based animated film, beating Angel Studios’ earlier 2025 function The King of Kings, which starred Oscar Isaac as Jesus Christ. The King of Kings‘ $19.4 million had beforehand surpassed The Prince of Egypt‘s $14.5 million, ending the long-lasting DreamWorks film’s 27-year reign.

This complete additionally sees David dominating the non-Avatar new releases throughout a strong weekend on the home field workplace, taking No. 2 behind the James Cameron behemoth. It has surged previous each Nickelodeon’s animated function The SpongeBob Film: Seek for Squarepants and the Sydney Sweeney thriller The Housemaid, which adapts the bestselling novel of the identical title.

It’s value noting that Angel Studios’ field workplace numbers should all the time be taken with a grain of salt. The studio does appear to have linked strongly with its core faith-based viewers, notably for releases linked to Christian holidays (David is a pre-Christmas launch whereas The King of Kings was a pre-Easter launch).

Plus, David has earned an outstanding 98% Rotten Tomatoes viewers rating, indicating a robust response from viewers. Nonetheless, Angel’s grosses have lengthy been accused of being artificially inflated.

Identical to 2023’s Sound of Freedom and plenty of Angel Studios releases earlier than it, David is benefitting from a “Pay it Ahead” program, which inspires moviegoers to purchase further tickets that can allegedly be given to others at a later date. Nonetheless, data on whether or not all of these tickets are literally distributed and used stays opaque.

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