Film beat out ‘Indiana Jones’ at opening
By WND Staff
President Donald J. Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, en route to Erie International Airport in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Official White House photo by Tia Dufour)
Years back, when Donald Trump was announcing his bid for the presidency, he raised the issue of illegal aliens entering the U.S. across its porous southern border, describing some of them as criminals and rapists.
He’s still concerned about that problem, as evidenced by his plans to host a screening of the stunning new movie project “Sound of Freedom.”
Columnist Todd Starnes posted online an announcement about Trump’s plans.
The event will be at Trump’s golf club in New Jersey, and he’s to be joined by filmmaker Eduardo Verástegui, actor Jim Caviezel, and Tim Ballard, the real-life undercover DHS agent who left his job to rescue kids from sex slavery.
The event, at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, will be on July 19, and for club members and supporters.
The announcement said the movie grossed $41.7 million in the first week of its release and opened at No. 1 in Texas, Florida, and Arizona theaters.
“The feature has taken the nation by storm, beating out Disney’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in July 4th movie ticket sales despite appearing in far fewer theaters, securing the top position in the box office for the day. The film which is being distributed by Angel Studios, was produced by Mexican filmmaker Eduardo Verástegui and stars Jim Caviezel,” the announcement said.
The project is based on the real-life story of federal agent Tim Ballard’s efforts to save children from child sex traffickers in Colombia.
Leftist publications have either trashed the project, or refused to acknowledge it, but their views apparently have had little impact on the public, which is pursuing it in droves.