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Friday, July 25, 2008
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What Would Jesus Buy?
| Theatrical Performance |
| Total US Gross |
$200,010 |
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Synopsis
What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!
Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) was a lost idealist who hitchhiked to New York City only to find that Times Square was becoming a mall. Spurred on by the loss of his neighborhood and inspired by the sidewalk preachers around him, Bill bought a collar to match his white caterer's jacket, bleached his hair and became the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping. Since 1999, Reverend Billy has gone from being a lone preacher with a portable pulpit preaching on subways, to the leader of a congregation and a movement whose numbers are well into the thousands.
Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good old-fashioned preaching, Reverend Billy reminds us that we have lost the true meaning of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? is a journey into the heart of America – from exorcising the demons at the Wal-Mart headquarters to taking over the center stage at the Mall of America and then ultimately heading to the Promised Land … Disneyland.
Will we be led like Sheeple to the Christmas slaughter, or will we find a new way to give a gift this Christmas? What Would Jesus Buy? may just be the divine intervention we’ve all been searching for.
 Weekend Chart Record
| Date | Rank | | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
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| 11/16/2007 |
63 |
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$9,527 |
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1 |
$9,527 |
$9,527 |
3 |
| 11/23/2007 |
53 |
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$29,375 |
+208.33% |
6 |
$4,896 |
$44,624 |
10 |
| 11/30/2007 |
45 |
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$26,035 |
-11.37% |
14 |
$1,860 |
$79,392 |
17 |
| 12/7/2007 |
51 |
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$34,036 |
+30.73% |
25 |
$1,361 |
$122,530 |
24 |
| 12/14/2007 |
52 |
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$16,796 |
-50.65% |
16 |
$1,050 |
$155,556 |
31 |
| 12/21/2007 |
46 |
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$6,956 |
-58.59% |
6 |
$1,159 |
$173,011 |
38 |
| 12/28/2007 |
52 |
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$10,112 |
+45.37% |
5 |
$2,022 |
$188,778 |
45 |
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