BY : Michael Foust ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor
The box office hit Jesus Revolution jumped into Netflix’s Top 5 this week, adding another accomplishment to the portfolio of a film that already had made waves in theaters.
Jesus Revolution was the No. 4 most popular movie on Netflix Wednesday, two days after it launched on the platform and five months after it surprised Hollywood observers by opening at No. 3 at the box office.
California pastor Greg Laurie, whose story is told in the movie, has even bigger goals for the film.
“Let’s get it to #1!” Laurie wrote on Instagram. “Netflix has over 75 million subscribers. Let’s pray God uses this film to touch their hearts with the Gospel.”
Jesus Revolution follows the real-life story of hippie evangelist Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), who joins forces with straight-laced pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer) to lead a group of hippies to Christ. The movement started a nationwide revival. One of those teens who came to Christ was Laurie (Joel Courtney).
Producer Andy Erwin said of Frisbee and Smith: “God just used them as nitroglycerin to kind of ignite” a movement.
“And Chuck was one of the first people to let the hippies in the church,” Erwin told Christian Headlines.
Frisbee, he said, had a “messy life” (he died of AIDS) but was nevertheless used by God in a mighty way.
“If you look at the history of the church, there are a lot of messy people,” Erwin added. “… God’s redemptive power will use anyone that’s available.”
Jesus Revolution grossed $52 million domestically and was given an A+ CinemaScore grade by moviegoers. The perfect score made co-director Jon Erwin the first director ever to record four perfect marks. Erwin previously notched A+ CinemaScores for Woodlawn (2015), I Can Only Imagine (2018) and American Underdog (2021).
Erwin co-directed Jesus Revolution with Brent McCorkle. It was made by Kingdom Story Company.
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