Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" Tops All Time R rated list

Box Office Mojo | 3/21/04 | Brandon Gray

[rb22982]

1 18 The Passion of the Christ NM $295,280,000 2004
2 22 The Matrix Reloaded WB $281,576,461 2003
3 36 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $234,760,478 1984
4 38 The Exorcist WB $232,671,011 1973
5 45 Saving Private Ryan DW $216,540,909 1998
6 51 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriS $204,843,345 1991
7 60 Gladiator DW $187,683,805 2000
8 73 Pretty Woman BV $178,406,268 1990
9 76 There's Something About Mary Fox $176,484,651 1998
10 82 Air Force One Sony $172,956,409 1997
11 83 Rain Man MGM $172,825,435 1988
12 84 The Matrix WB $171,479,930 1999
13 92 Hannibal MGM $165,092,268 2001
14 100 The Firm Par. $158,348,367 1993
15 102 Scary Movie Mira. $157,019,771 2000
16 103 Fatal Attraction Par. $156,645,693 1987
17 108 Jerry Maguire Sony $153,952,592 1996
18 109 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $153,665,036 1987
19 113 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985
20 114 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines WB $150,371,112 2003

[rb22982]

Only other movie that was rated R that I would prefer to be higher is Mel Gibson's other movie--Braveheart, which isn't even close.

[Dante3]

"Braveheart" is terrific.

[Taiwan Bocks]

"The Patriot" is excellent as well.

I've been struggling with comments lately published that Mel Gibson as well as the male star (Jim Cavie__?) made that only Catholics could go to heaven?

This is apostacy!

Catholics can only go to heaven if they have what the Christians have,
a personal relationship with Christ following a personal experience of repentence and faith in Christ's sacrifice as sufficient.

How one walks after that "being born again" is flexible, Catholic, Christian either way, whatever.

But to say Christians can't get in heaven, only Catholics?!?!
That is apostacy and for that Mel Gibson deserves rebuke!!

[LiveFreeOrDie_NY]

Passion can easily reach $350 million, even $400 million is possible.

[Revenge of Sith]

Mel Gibson said he "didn't know" if his Protestant wife would be saved and it came across to me as a sarcastic answer to Diane Sawyer's condescending question. Almost all the anti-Vatican II Catholic sects accept the "baptism by desire" doctrine that non-Catholics can be saved. This belief predates Vatican II. Even popes who were considered "reactionary" such as Pius IX and Pius X held this belief.

There is one sect founded by excommunicated priest Leonard Feeney that believes that there is no salvation outsided the Catholic Church. Feeney was excommunicated by Pius XII in 1953 and the order that he founded attacks many pre-Vatican II popes as liberal heretics in addition to the last four popes.

[texasreb]

I was going to write out the names of the Pope's and the things they came up with for us that aren't catholic's. It's all in Halley's Bible Handbook. Names, dates, and places where the "orders" came from This is not a slam on all catholic's but we know what is required to go to Heaven, and that is a personal relationship with our savior, Jesus, the Christ. Please, this is not a slam on Catholic's, but the truth the popes have layed out for everyone through out the years. God Bless, KennyBob

[ASTM366]

If what you say is true, that indeed, Mel Gibson did make a statement that only Catholics can go to heaven, then he deserves rebuke.

Make sure of your source.

[Liz]

Catholics can only go to heaven if they have what the Christians have, a personal relationship with Christ following a personal experience of repentence and faith in Christ's sacrifice as sufficient.

"Judge not lest you be judged."

Neither you or anybody else knows what's in a person's heart or what their relationship is with God.

[Taiwan Bocks]

Don't argue with me, argue with Jesus Christ who said He was the ONLY WAY.

You are gonna die, Liz, someday. You will have to face Him, so if you are in religious bondage and you don't know Jesus personally, fight your way out of darkness into the light.