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I doubt that this stat would hold up under scrutiny - otherwise there would be a ton of Christian movies out there making a bunch of money.

Someone I know in HoWood explains that much financing for films comes from foreigners who are unable to understand the concepts of nice films based on positive American culture. All they understand is that their last violence/sex film did well, so they want to do another.

Michael Medved, movie reviewer and conservative talk show host, wonders all the time when HoWood is going to get it that nice clean movies enjoy high ratings. He frequently announces boxoffice numbers and clean movies consistently do as well as if not better than violent sex.

Well, let's look at the top grossing movies of 2000.

Harry Potter - $313.7M - has been called evil and Satanic by many Freepers...

Lord of the Rings - $217.4M - has also been called evil, although it was based on a book written by a devout Catholic, you can't really call this a nice clean movie...

Shrek - $267.6M, and Monsters Inc - $251.6M - both of these are suitable for children as well as adults. I don't know if either of these movies could be described as having a "strong Christian worldview" though, and that is the criterion that Movieguide was using

Rush Hour 2 - $226.1M and The Mummy Returns - $202M certainly can't be described as good Christian movies - both full of violence, and in the Mummy, occult as well.

Pearl Harbor - $ 198.5M - historical violence, romance, don't recall anything with a strong Christian worldview.

Jurrasic Park III - $181.2M, Ocean's 11 - $180.5M, Planet of the Apes - $180M - These are all violent movies.

So, out of the top ten grossing movies of 2001, how many of these would qualify as "with a very strong Christian worldview" and how many qualify as "humanist, pagan, Romantic, Communist, feminist, occult, homosexual or anti-patriotic?" Do you still really believe that films "with a very strong Christian worldview" earned nearly twice as much in 2001 as moviesthat are "humanist, pagan, Romantic, Communist, feminist, occult, homosexual or anti-patriotic?" I don't. I would be willing to be convinced, but so far, I don't think the data supports it at all.