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Affirm Films
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryFilm
Television programming
Genre
  • Evangelical Christian
  • Drama
  • Kids & Family (starting with The Star)
  • Biblical (starting with Risen)
Founded2007
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rich Peluso (Executive Vice President)
Tana Evans (Senior Vice President of Marketing and Distribution)
Josh Nadler (Director of Development)
OwnerSony
Number of employees
28
ParentSony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
DivisionsAffirm Television
SubsidiariesPure Flix
Websitewww.affirmfilms.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Affirm Films is an American Christian film studio and label of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, which produces, markets, and acquires faith-based films.[2] The studio's highest-grossing faith-based dramas are Heaven is for Real, Miracles from Heaven, and War Room. Its films having collectively grossed over $520 million in worldwide box office receipts, and its total overall revenue surpassing $2 billion over the last 14 years, and with less than one film produced and released per year during that time,[3] it is the most successful Christian film studio of all time.[4][5]

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Christian media

Christian media

Christian media, sometimes referred to as inspirational, faith and family, or simply Christian, is a cross-media genre that features a Christian message or moral. Several creative studios and mass media formats are considered to be aspects of Christian media, including media organizations, a characteristic film industry, musical genres, radio formats, TV formats, and subgenres.

Film studio

Film studio

A film studio is a major entertainment company or motion picture company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films, which is handled by the production company. Most firms in the entertainment industry have never owned their own studios, but have rented space from other companies.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) is a specialty film division of Sony Pictures. The company specializes in acquiring and producing films for a wide variety of distribution platforms.

Christian film industry

Christian film industry

The Christian film industry is an aspect of Christian media for films containing a Christian-themed message or moral. They are often interdenominational films, but can also be films targeting a specific denomination of Christianity.

Miracles from Heaven (film)

Miracles from Heaven (film)

Miracles from Heaven is a 2016 American Christian drama film directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Randy Brown. It is based on Miracles from Heaven by Christy Beam, which recounts the true story of her young daughter who had a near-death experience and was later cured of an incurable disease. The film stars Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson, John Carroll Lynch, Eugenio Derbez, and Queen Latifah. Principal photography began in Atlanta, Georgia, in July 2015. The film was released on March 16, 2016. The movie was financially successful, becoming the 8th highest-grossing Christian film in the United States. Although critical reception was mixed, Garner's performance earned general praise.

War Room (film)

War Room (film)

War Room is a 2015 American Christian drama film directed by Alex Kendrick and written by him and Stephen Kendrick. It is the Kendrick brothers' fifth film and their first through their subsidiary, Kendrick Brothers Productions. The film was produced by Provident Films, Affirm Films and TriStar Pictures in partnership with the Kendrick brothers.

Filmography

Following is a list of films produced and distributed by Affirm Films.

Title Budget Box office Year References
Fireproof $500,000 $33.5 million 2008 [5][6]
Hachi: A Dog's Tale $16 million $46.7 million 2010
The Grace Card $200,000 $2.4 million 2011
Soul Surfer $18 million $47.1 million
Courageous $2 million $35.2 million
Zambezia R173 million ($20 million) $34.4 million 2012
The Remaining n/a $2.3 million 2014
Moms' Night Out $5 million $10.5 million
When the Game Stands Tall $15 million $30.1 million
War Room $3 million $74 million 2015
Risen $20 million $46.3 million 2016
Miracles from Heaven $13 million $73.8 million
All Saints $2 million $5.9 million 2017
The Star $20 million $62.8 million
Paul, Apostle of Christ $5 million $25.5 million 2018
Overcomer $5 million $37.9 million 2019
Show Me the Father TBA $1.9 million 2021
Big George Foreman TBA TBA 2023
TOTALS $120.7 million $520.2 million

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Fireproof (film)

Fireproof (film)

Fireproof is a 2008 American Christian drama film released by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Affirm Films, directed by Alex Kendrick, who co-wrote and co-produced it with Stephen Kendrick. The film stars Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea and Ken Bevel.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Hachi: A Dog's Tale is a 2009 American drama film and a remake of Kaneto Shindo's 1987 Japanese film Hachikō Monogatari. The original film told the true story of the Akita dog named Hachikō who lived in Japan 1923-1935. This version, which places it in a modern American context, was directed by Lasse Hallström, written by Stephen P. Lindsey and Kaneto Shindo, and produced by Richard Gere, Bill Johnson and Vicki Shigekuni Wong. The film stars Gere, Joan Allen, Sarah Roemer, Jason Alexander and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

Soul Surfer (film)

Soul Surfer (film)

Soul Surfer is a 2011 American biographical drama film directed by Sean McNamara, based on the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton about her life as a surfer after losing her left arm in a horrific shark attack and her recovery. The film stars AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, and Lorraine Nicholson with Carrie Underwood, Kevin Sorbo, Sonya Balmores, Branscombe Richmond, and Craig T. Nelson.

Courageous (film)

Courageous (film)

Courageous is a 2011 American independent Christian drama film directed by Alex Kendrick and written by Kendrick with his brother Stephen Kendrick. It is the fourth film by Sherwood Pictures, the creators of Flywheel, Facing the Giants, and Fireproof. Filming in Albany, Georgia concluded in June 2010. The film was marketed by Sony's Provident Films, which also marketed their previous films.

Moms' Night Out

Moms' Night Out

Moms' Night Out is a 2014 American faith-based comedy film directed by the Erwin Brothers, and written by Jon Erwin and Andrea Gyertson Nasfell. The film stars Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, and Trace Adkins. The film was released on May 9, 2014, in 1,044 theaters. The movie centers on three moms attempting to get away and have a nice night out together and the pandemonium that ensues as everyone's plans go awry. The film was shot in Birmingham, Alabama, and, though it experienced an overall negative reception, grossed $10.5 million.

Risen (2016 film)

Risen (2016 film)

Risen is a 2016 American/Spanish biblical drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Reynolds and Paul Aiello. The film stars Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, and Cliff Curtis, and details a Roman soldier's search for Yeshua's body following his resurrection. Columbia Pictures released the film to theaters in the United States on February 19, 2016. It received mixed reviews and grossed $46 million worldwide.

Miracles from Heaven (film)

Miracles from Heaven (film)

Miracles from Heaven is a 2016 American Christian drama film directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Randy Brown. It is based on Miracles from Heaven by Christy Beam, which recounts the true story of her young daughter who had a near-death experience and was later cured of an incurable disease. The film stars Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson, John Carroll Lynch, Eugenio Derbez, and Queen Latifah. Principal photography began in Atlanta, Georgia, in July 2015. The film was released on March 16, 2016. The movie was financially successful, becoming the 8th highest-grossing Christian film in the United States. Although critical reception was mixed, Garner's performance earned general praise.

All Saints (film)

All Saints (film)

All Saints is a 2017 American Christian drama film directed by Steve Gomer and written by Steve Armour. The film stars John Corbett, Cara Buono, Myles Moore, Nelson Lee, Barry Corbin, David Keith, Angela Fox, Chonda Pierce and Gregory Alan Williams, and follows a small-town Tennessee preacher who attempts to save his struggling church. It was released on August 25, 2017, by Affirm Films and Provident Films.

Paul, Apostle of Christ

Paul, Apostle of Christ

Paul, Apostle of Christ is a 2018 American biblical drama film written and directed by Andrew Hyatt. It stars James Faulkner as Paul the Apostle and Jim Caviezel as Saint Luke.

Overcomer (film)

Overcomer (film)

Overcomer is a 2019 American Christian drama film directed by Alex Kendrick, who co-wrote the script with Stephen Kendrick. It is the Kendrick brothers' sixth film and their second through their subsidiary, Kendrick Brothers Productions. The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 23, 2019.

Show Me the Father

Show Me the Father

Show Me the Father is a 2021 American Christian documentary film by director Rick Altizer, presenting five fatherhood-related stories connected with commentary by Tony Evans, produced by Mark Miller and executive produced by the Kendrick brothers. It is the Kendrick brothers' seventh film and their third through their subsidiary, Kendrick Brothers Productions. It was theatrically released on September 10, 2021.

Big George Foreman

Big George Foreman

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is an upcoming American biographical sports drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. The film focuses on the life of world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, played by Khris Davis. It also stars Jasmine Mathews, John Magaro, Sullivan Jones, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Sonja Sohn, and Forest Whitaker.

Pure Flix

Affirm has an Internet video on demand service simply named Pure Flix (stylized as PURE FLIX), which was acquired from the studio of the same name (now Pinnacle Peak Pictures) in 2020.[7] The company was founded by David A. R. White, replacing the streaming platform "I Am Flix".[8] It specializes in Christian streaming media and video-on-demand online.[7]

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Video on demand

Video on demand

Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of over-the-air programming was the most common form of media distribution. As Internet and IPTV technologies continued to develop in the 1990s, consumers began to gravitate towards non-traditional modes of content consumption, which culminated in the arrival of VOD on televisions and personal computers.

Pinnacle Peak Pictures

Pinnacle Peak Pictures

Pinnacle Peak Pictures is an American evangelical Christian film production and distribution studio founded by David A. R. White and Russell Wolfe. Pinnacle Peak produces Christian films, including God's Not Dead (2014), Do You Believe? (2015), Woodlawn (2015), The Case for Christ (2017), and Unplanned (2019). Since 2014, films produced and distributed by Pure Flix have collectively grossed over $195 million at the worldwide box office. The company has headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.

David A. R. White

David A. R. White

David Andrew Roy White is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer and businessman. He is a co-founder of Pinnacle Peak Pictures, a distribution and production company specializing in Christian faith- and family-themed films. He is best known for his role as Reverend Dave in the God's Not Dead film series.

Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories, and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible and chronicled in the New Testament.

Streaming media

Streaming media

Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. Streaming refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content itself.

Source: "Affirm Films", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 24th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirm_Films.

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References
  1. ^ Patrick Hipes (November 7, 2016). "Sony Affirms Success Of Faith-Based Affirm Label With Promotions". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "Mission Statement | Affirm Films". Sonypictures.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  3. ^ "Industry Q&A: Rich Peluso: Executive VP, AFFIRM Films". Gospel Music Association. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Nellie Andreeva (December 4, 2019). "Sony's Faith-Based Affirm Films Launches TV Division Headed By Marybeth Sprows". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
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  6. ^ "About - Affirm Films - A Sony Company". Affirm Films. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Rosman, Katherine (2017-04-08). "Forget Netflix and Chill. Try Pure Flix and Pray". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  8. ^ Law, Jeannie (June 4, 2015). "'God's Not Dead' Creators Launch Video on Demand Service for Families; Offers Unlimited Access to Pure Flix Faith Based Films [SEE HERE] | Jeannie Law". breathecast.com/. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
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