Overview
- Studio estimates put the domestic weekend at about $7 million from 1,778 theaters, placing third behind Send Help and Iron Lung.
- The launch is the strongest start for a non‑concert documentary in roughly a decade, outperforming pre‑release tracking.
- Audiences awarded an A CinemaScore and ~99% Rotten Tomatoes audience score as critics logged single‑digit to low‑teens reviews.
- Turnout skewed older and female and concentrated in Southern and South‑central markets, boosted by walk‑up sales and conservative grassroots efforts.
- Amazon paid about $40 million for rights and roughly $35 million for marketing, with a Prime Video window and companion docuseries to follow as overseas demand lags and South Africa pulled the release.