Evening Edition: Extremely Successful Christian Movie Returns With Sequel

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🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The independent 2018 Christian movie “I Can Only Imagine” performed far better than anyone could have imagined at it would bring in $17.1 million opening weekend and become one of the top performing faith films of all time totaling more than $80 million at the box office. And now a sequel to the hit movie, “I Can Only Imagine 2”, will be released in February of 2026. This new film is a part of the increasing interest in faith-based and family-orientated entertainment many Christians in the country want. FOX's Ryan Schmelz speaks with Andrew Erwin, Producer/Director/Co-Founder Kingdom Story Company and Co-Director of 'I Can Only Imagine 2', who says this sequel proves there is a growing demand for faith-based films that explore the deeper tenants of the Christian faith. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.9	Friday, December 26, 2025.
0:42.9	I'm Ryan Schmels.
0:44.5	Faith-based movies and television shows are making a comeback and finding success at the box office.
0:50.5	What's driving the resurgence?
0:52.2	Ten years ago, we couldn't get anybody to talk to us at a dinner party because the Faith film, we were kind of the pariahs. And now they're coming up and saying, do you want, you know, does your product have enough Jesus in it for your audience? And you're like, no, we're good. It's really good. So it's been a renaissance, kind of a new renaissance that has been going on in film.
1:12.6	This is the Fox News Rundown, Evening Edition.
1:20.3	In 2018, the music biopic, I Can Only Imagine, became one of the highest grossing faith-based films of all time, with more than 83 million at the box office on a $7 million production budget.
1:33.9	Since then, other faith-based films have found critical and box office success, with Angel Studios breaking the record twice this year for the highest weekend debut for an animated biblical film with
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