Success of Christian films
Ted Baehr, who publishes MovieGuide, has put together a report showing that “Hollywood movies with strong Christian worldviews make two to seven times as much money as those flicks with explicit sex and nudity.”
The assessment looked at nearly 2,700 of the top movies at the box office from 1996 through 2005, and said while pundits and advertisers like to believe that sex and nudity sells, nothing could be further from the truth.
“For example, in 2005, movies with a very strong Christian worldview, such as ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,’ averaged nearly $65 million at the box office, but movies with extreme, explicit sex and nudity, such as ‘Sin City,’ and ‘Inside Deep Throat,’ only averaged $11.2 million or $11.7 million,” the report said.
Movies with less nudity but still strong sexual content, such as “Wedding Crashers,” and “The Ice Harvest,” fared better, but still averaged less than $22 million in 2005, said MovieGuide, which describes itself as a Christian “ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.”
As the number of obscenities and profanities rose, the income dropped, it said.
On that note, Michelle Malkin over at Hot Air has pointed out a glaring example of anti-Christian bias going on at NBC.
Example 1:
The conservative media-watchdog group issued a statement Sept. 20 blasting NBC, which airs “VeggieTales,” for editing out some references to God from the children’s animated show.
“What struck me and continues to strike me is the inanity of ripping the heart and soul out of a successful product and not thinking that there will be consequences to it,” said L. Brent Bozell, president of the Parents Television Council. “The series is successful because of its biblical worldview, not in spite of it. That’s the signature to ‘Veggie-Tales.”‘
Example 2:
With Madonna urging people to see her show before criticizing her for mounting a Crucifix during one song, NBC is still wrangling over whether millions of television viewers will get that chance.
The network plans to air a Madonna concert special culled from her current Confessions tour during the November ratings sweeps period, which is used to set advertising rates.
During her performance of the song Live to Tell, Madonna is shown on a mirrored cross wearing a crown of thorns. That angered some religious leaders, particularly before her concert in Rome, and they labeled it a bad-taste publicity stunt.
