‘Sound of Freedom’ Pulls Off Another Miracle During Epic Run at the Box Office

The film “Sound of Freedom” continues to be a box office success in its second weekend. The film grossed $6 million on Friday, according to Deadline . The film, now shown at 3,265 theaters across the country, is…

IJR SyndicatedJul 15, 20233 min read

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, who stars as federal agent Tim Ballard in the film, said as he was portraying Ballard, “I was thinking about my own children,” according to

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“My wife and I adopted three children from China. And I was well aware … of the problems and dangers that children face globally,” he said.

Caviezel said that “300,000 children under the age of 18 were lured into the sex trafficking business in the United States. We are the biggest consumers of child trafficking and pornography in the world. The United States — the home of the free, land of the brave. This is ridiculous. And so the film is a threat.”

The film is based on a true story. Ballard was a Department of Homeland Security special agent who quit his job and focused his efforts to rescue children from sex trafficking.

Ballard founded the anti-trafficking groupOperation Underground Railroad, which has one mission: end child sex trafficking.

In its opening weekend, “Sound of Freedom” placed third in box office totals behind “Insidious: The Red Door” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”

Caveziel said he wants movie-goers to leave the film with “a new heart,” according to the Catholic News Agency.

“A heart that’s not afraid,” he added.” I was praying the other day and I said, ‘Can we love God’s children more than we fear evil? Can we love Jesus more than we fear the cross?’ And this is the problem right now with modern-day Christians is that we want the easy route. And right now you see the world changing. You’re going to have to make a decision at some point,” he said.

“There’s good, there’s evil. But a big part of that evil is those that are sitting on the fence. And we have to make a choice. And some are more leaning towards Jesus, more towards good, some are more leaning towards the evil, but they’re on that fence and that fence belongs to the evil one. And so we have to make that decision,” he said.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.