The number one question asked in this country for the last six weeks is - "Have you seen ‘The Passion'?" If the answer is "No" the next question is "Are you going to see it?" If the answer is "Yes" the next question is - "What did you think about it?"
There is no question that Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion of the Christ, is as the Spanish put it, en fuego – it is on fire! In Hollywood parlance it is a blockbuster. Geologists would give it a "10" on the Richter scale. Motown would say, "It is off the charts."
The Passion -
- Had the best February opening for a new release in movie history, making $83.8 million dollars its first weekend.
- It had the seventh best 3-day opening ever.
- In its first five days, it took in $117.5 million dollars - the second best five day opening in history.…
ChristianGlobe Networks, Inc., Collected Sermons, by James Merritt