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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Faith-based films made more money in 2011 than their left-leaning
counterparts, report says
By Hollie McKay
Published March 08, 2012 | FoxNews.com
What’s a good recipe for box office and DVD sales success? It seems in 2011
, pro-America sentiment mixed with conservative values and faith-centered
themes equaled a hit.
This according to an annual study conducted by the Christian-focused
entertainment advocacy group Movieguide, which found that in 2011, American
audiences preferred movies with strong conservative content and values over
movies with liberal or left-leaning values by an almost six-to-one margin.
The 760-page report claims that films with a conservative or pro-American
edge, such as “Captain America,” “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,
” “Soul Surfer,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and “Battle: Los
Angeles” raked in significantly more box office green than more liberal
films like “Red State,” “Super 8,” “J. Edgar,” “Glee” and “Ides of
March.”
“People want good to overcome evil, justice to prevail over injustice and
liberty to conquer tyranny. They respond to strong heroes and even strong
heroines, but they are turned off by radical social engineering and big
government programs,” Movieguide publisher Dr. Ted Baehr said of the report
, which rates movies using several criteria such as “anti-communist content
,” “strong biblical morality,” and “strong pro-capitalist content.”
The study also claimed that the stronger the Christian worldview in the film
, the more money it made.
Films considered to have a significant redemptive or religious focus such as
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Stranger Tides,” “The Help” and “Extremely
Loud and Incredibly Close” made more money in theaters last year than those
with a non or anti-Christian core, or a mixed/humanist perspective,
including “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” The Hangover II” and “The
Rum Diary.” In fact, Movieguide’s report asserts that the Christian-
motivated movies, on average, earned four times as much in box office
returns – $64.3 million as opposed to $15.9 million.
“Most people dedicated to a particular faith are likely to find the
violence, substance abuse, sexual immorality, and mocking of traditional
values in most modern movies offensive," said Megan Basham, entertainment
editor at Christian news site, World Magazine. "The rare well-made film that
offers the opposite is going to appeal to church-goers of every stripe."
In addition, Movieguide reports that among the Top 25 DVD sales last year
for theatrical movies, 52 percent had at least a small amount of patriotic
or pro-Christian content, while only 8 percent were considered to be on the
left side of the spectrum.
Baehr also pointed out that more than three quarters of Americans (238
million people) and 2.3 billion people globally, identify themselves as
Christians, and Hollywood is finally starting to realize that this niche is
an important one.
“When we started Movieguide in 1985, there were only one or two movies
being made with a strong, explicit Christian content or values, but now
there are well over 50 each year,” Baehr continued. “Every studio now has
a Christian film division, and several studios are doing major movies with
strong Christian content. And now all of the major studios, not just Disney,
are making movies for young children and families.” | f*******e
发帖数: 489 | 2 太欢乐了，Transformer，Captain America也都是faith based了。而且人家摆明了不中
立，这“Christian-focused ...group”的研究也就是Foxnews这么牛的媒体能关注。。
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: Faith-based films made more money in 2011 than their left-leaning
: counterparts, report says
: By Hollie McKay
: Published March 08, 2012 | FoxNews.com
: What’s a good recipe for box office and DVD sales success? It seems in 2011
: , pro-America sentiment mixed with conservative values and faith-centered
: themes equaled a hit.
: This according to an annual study conducted by the Christian-focused
: entertainment advocacy group Movieguide, which found that in 2011, American
: audiences preferred movies with strong conservative content and values over
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