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'Fireproof' debuts at No. 4

'Fireproof' debuts at No. 4
Fireproof—a drama starring Kirk
Cameron as a firefighter who turns to God to help save his marriage—premiered at
No. 4 over the weekend with $6.5 million total receipts.
 
'Fireproof' debuts at No. 4
[09.29.08] Boosted by grass-roots support and bulk ticket purchases from churchgoers
as well as some Christian retailers, Fireproof—a drama starring Kirk
Cameron as a firefighter who turns to God to help save his marriage—premiered at
No. 4 at the weekend with $6.5 million total receipts, the Associated Press
reported.

Variety said Fireproof was “the biggest surprise” of the
weekend's box office, noting that the movie saw the strongest opening among
recent faith-based films.

Kris Fuhr, who heads up operations at Provident Films, which released
Fireproof with Sherwood Pictures, said that the film's
fourth place debut “exceeded our expectations.” “I knew last week when I saw the
box office that there was a chance if we had a big weekend, we had a chance to
be in the top five,” said Fuhr, who added that the fifth place movie last week
made approximately $6 million. “God showed up and opened the door at No. 5, and
He pushed us through to No. 4 this week.”

Media by Numbers said that on a per-screen basis, the film was second only to
the weekend's top film, Eagle Eye, E! Online reported. With a $500,000
budget, Fireproof was shown in just 839 theaters nationwide, compared to
3,510 theaters for the Shia LaBeouf thriller that cost $80 million to make.
Media by Numbers added that Fireproof had the year's highest grossing
opening weekend return of any film—except 3-D Hannah Montana—released on
1,000 screens or less.

Fireproof's opening was “nearly double some expectations,” the Los
Angeles Times
observed. “Their faith-based, grass-roots marketing campaign
really paid off,” Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media by Numbers, told the
newspaper.

Fireproof saw its best business in America's heartland and in the
Southeast, according to Samuel Goldwyn Films, which distributed the film, E!
Online reported. Goldwyn launched its grass-roots marketing campaign for the
film nearly a year ago, reaching out to churches and screening the movie.
Michael Silberman, Goldwyn's distribution chief, said Fireproof will
likely expand to more than 1,000 theaters.

Although Fireproof just opened, churches and Christian counseling
centers have already made the book that's a focal point of the movie into a
best-seller. The Love Dare, a marriage book
written by the film's co-producing brothers Stephen and Alex Kendrick, is now in
its fifth printing with more than 500,000 copies.
–Christian Retailing

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