"The Young Messiah" opened in seventh place at the box office with an estimated $3.4 million from 1,761 theaters. The opening was likely disappointing to the studio, but the timing of this one certainly didn't seem to help it.
"Risen" did well a few weeks ago and the studio is on the verge of having another hit on their hands next week with "Miracles from Heaven," but "Young Messiah" wasn't able to attract a large portion of the faith audience. For those that did make it to the theaters this weekend to see it, they liked what they saw as it scored an "A-" CinemaScore. The film played to an audience that was 56% female vs. 44% male and 86% of overall attendees were 25 years or older.
