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Top 20 Christian Movies of All Time

Uncategorized | Mar 14, 2018

I Can Only Imagine Christian movies

By Aaron Earls

Recent Christian films like I Can Only Imagine, following the true story of MercyMe’s lead singer Bart Millard and his troubled relationship with his dad, often surprise at the box office and surpass Hollywood expectations.

Here are the top 20 Christian movies by total gross earnings, according to movie website Box Office Mojo (as of August 2019).

  1. The Passion of the Christ (2004) — $370,782,930
  2. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) — $291,710,957
  3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) — $141,621,490
  4. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) — $104,386,950
  5. Heaven is for Real (2014) — $91,443,253
  6. I Can Only Imagine (2018) — $83,482,352
  7. War Room (2015) — $67,790,117
  8. Miracles from Heaven (2016) — $61,705,123
  9. God’s Not Dead (2014) — $60,755,732
  10. Son of God (2014) — $59,700,064
  11. The Shack (2017) — $57,386,418
  12. Soul Surfer (2011) — $43,853,424
  13. The Star (2017) — $40,852,824
  14. Breakthrough (2019) — $40,713,082
  15. The Nativity Story (2006) — $37,629,831
  16. Risen (2016) — $36,880,033
  17. The Robe (1953) — $36,000,000
  18. Courageous (2011) — $34,522,221
  19. Fireproof (2008) — $33,456,317
  20. When the Game Stands Tall (2014) — $30,127,963

The latest film from the Kendrick brothers, Overcomer, currently sits at 22. But with more weeks at the theater to come, it could join the filmmaker’s other projects already on the list—War Room, Courageous and Fireproof.

AARON EARLS (@WardrobeDoor) is online editor of Facts & Trends.

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