User:J.S. Clingman/sandbox

Links to follow
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sterling-k-brown-star-sports-drama-rise-1199090 https://www.christianpost.com/news/affirm-films-executive-shares-how-the-evolution-of-christian-movies-is-impacting-the-world.html https://deadline.com/2019/12/sony-faith-based-affirm-films-launches-tv-division-marybeth-sprows-1202800514/

For the list of highest-grossing Christian films
https://ew.com/movies/2019/04/14/highest-grossing-christian-movies/ https://www.thewrap.com/highest-grossing-christian-movies-ben-hur-passion-of-the-christ/ https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/top-13-highest-grossing-faith-films https://www.calledhigherstudios.com/new-blog/dissecting-the-top-grossing-faith-based-films-of-all-times https://factsandtrends.net/2018/03/21/4-christian-movies-that-shocked-the-box-office/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/1/hollywood-reluctant-make-faith-based-movies/ https://www1.cbn.com/movies/faith-based-films-why-they-matter-and-why-i-make-them https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-resurrection-in-faith-based-films-breakthrough/ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alisonwillmore/faith-based-film-christian-movies-kingdom-pure-flix https://wdef.com/2019/04/21/resurrection-faith-based-films/

Things to cover in list:
 * This is a list of films with overt Christian themes targeted primarily and/or exclusively at Christian audiences
 * History of faith-based films, including details of films with Christian themes before 2000, such as The Sound of Music, Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, and Chariots of Fire.
 * Address major motion pictures, such as Noah (2016, The Book of Eli, Les Miserables, Hacksaw Ridge, Prince of Egypt, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ben-Hur (2016), and The Chronicles of Narnia.
 * Major distributors and producers of faith-based films, as featured in the list.
 * Add all films, including 50 highest-grossing.

This is a list of highest-grossing Christian films, including only those films with overt Christian themes explicitly promoting The Gospel or an otherwise Christian message and targeted primarily at Evangelical Christian audiences.