THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST Is an R-Rated DVD Hit
With the not inconsiderable help from churches and Christian groups across the United States, Mel Gibson’s controversial biblical film, The Passion of the Christ, sold 4.1 million DVD copies after only one day in stores, an impressive figure though hardly a record-breaking one.
Finding Nemo retains the overall record for one-day DVD sales, with approximately 8 million copies sold, while Spider-Man holds the one-day record for live-action movies, with 7 million.
But that hasn’t stopped Fox Home Entertainment from heralding The Passion as both the best-selling R-rated film and the best-selling non-English-language film of all time.
Starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ, The Passion is thus far the second highest-grossing film of 2004 at the U.S./Canada box office. With US$370 [...]
by Andre Soares | September 4, 2004
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Tags: Anti-Semitism, DVDs, Finding Nemo, Jim Caviezel, Mel Gibson, Religion, Religious Movies, The Passion of the Christ
