The faith film Jesus Revolution, distributed by Kova International in 157 cinemas across the UK and Ireland, has reached over £100,000 in its first week. Making £56,243 on opening weekend (23rd-25th June), this film has nearly doubled its revenue since then, with church groups selling out cinema screens at weekday showings.
While headlines often tell us that the Church in the UK and Ireland is in decline, this clearly tells a different story. The Church is engaged and interested in good faith content and there is a demand for it in mainstream cinema. The KOVA team have been inundated with requests for new locations, group bookings and permission to share and publicise local screenings.
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A British PR company run by Christians has bought the rights to the hit film Jesus Revolution. It is being released into UK and Irish cinemas from June 23rd and is highly anticipated. This film tells the story of revival in California in the 1970s and the key message is that church is for everyone. A spokesperson for Kova PR explained to Sorted Magazine: “We would love to see people far and wide hearing about the film’s powerful message and how the real story impacted our faith and worship music to this day.”
“The UK church (in all its denominations and expressions) needs to get behind this message. When released in America, Jesus Revolution doubled box office estimates. We need to show cinemas here that there is demand for faith films in mainstream cinema. Getting faith films into UK cinemas is an uphill battle. We need your prayers that God would open doors by His power and for His glory. There are loads of options, from showing the trailer in your churches, to attending a key leader screening, to ticket giveaways and discount bookings and sharing on your social media. We can help, get in touch!” The UK websitejesusrevolutionmovie.co.uk will be taking group bookings very soon.
Sir Cliff Richard has thrilled his fans with a special facebook video announcement about Jesus Revolution. He said: “Don’t miss it!” Since posting there have been thousands of likes from his 300K strong Facebook following. Watch Sir Cliff’s video here
