How much did “The Passion of The Christ” earn?
The Passion of the Christ opened in the United States on February 25, 2004 (Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent).
It earned $83,848,082 from 4,793 screens at 3,043 theaters in its opening weekend and a total of $125,185,971 since Wednesday, ranking it fourth overall in domestic opening weekend earnings for 2004 as well as the biggest weekend debut for a February release (until Fifty Shades of Grey was released).
It went on to earn $370,782,930 overall in the United States
The buyers still got to see the movie they wanted but the money got credited to a different film.