{"id":2224726,"date":"2026-01-06T19:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2224726"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:20:08","slug":"angel-studios-david-becomes-highest-grosssing-faith-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/angel-studios-david-becomes-highest-grosssing-faith-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Studios’ ‘David’ becomes highest grosssing faith animation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ryan Foley<\/a>, Christian Post Reporter
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Angel Studios\u2019 \u201cDavid\u201d has now brought in more than $70 million at the box office after making more money on ticket sales during its opening weekend than any other faith-based animated movie in history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid<\/a>,\u201d an animated children\u2019s film based on the life of King David of Israel as documented in the Bible, hit theaters on Dec. 19 and is distributed by Angel Studios, which specializes in producing faith-based movies.<\/p>\n

According to the Internet Movie Database\u2019s Box Office Mojo<\/a>, \u201cDavid\u201d surpassed $70 million in box office sales as of Tuesday afternoon. Nearly all of its earnings, (except $400,000), come from domestic ticket sales. The film has a score<\/a> of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes\u2019 Popcornmeter, indicating that it is very popular with moviegoers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid\u201d finished in second place on its opening weekend<\/a> in terms of ticket sales in the United States, bringing in just over $22 million. The film finished significantly behind \u201cAvatar: Fire & Ash\u201d but finished ahead of \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d a highly anticipated film starring Sydney Sweeney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“David” made the top 10 in the two subsequent weekends it has been in theaters, coming in sixth place the weekend of Dec. 26-28<\/a>, bringing in over $12 million domestically. The film placed seventh this past weekend<\/a>, surpassing $7.6 million in additional ticket sales.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid\u201d has appeared in as many as 3,118 theaters during its nearly three-week theatrical run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The film gave Angel Studios the best three-day opening in the company’s history, surpassing the $19.6 million brought in during the opening weekend of Angel Studios\u2019 \u201cSound of Freedom,” the company announced in a Dec. 22 statement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By bringing in the \u201chighest-grossing faith-based animated theatrical opening of all time,\u201d the film has surpassed records set by Angel Studios\u2019 \u201cThe King of Kings\u201d and \u201cThe Prince of Egypt.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFamilies are searching for values-driven films that honor hope,\u201d said Brandon Purdie, head of theatrical at Angel. \u201cWe greatly value the support of our outstanding exhibitors and look forward to a robust, extended theatrical run as this popular animated musical continues to warm hearts and inspire families.\u201d<\/p>\n

While \u201cDavid\u201d has not seen the same level of success in international markets thus far, that is expected to change in the coming weeks. Currently, the movie is only available in five foreign countries: Portugal, South Africa, Singapore, Nigeria and Ghana. \u201cDavid\u201d will hit theaters in four additional countries by the end of the month and nearly three dozen more by the end of 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.christianpost.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, January 06, 2026 Angel Studios Angel Studios\u2019 \u201cDavid\u201d has now brought in more than $70 million at the box office after making more money on ticket sales during its opening weekend than any other faith-based animated movie in history.\u00a0 \u201cDavid,\u201d an animated children\u2019s film based on the life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[336476,430356,430355],"class_list":["post-2224726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-angel-studios","tag-internet-movie-database","tag-king-david"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2224727,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224726\/revisions\/2224727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}