Mikes Film Talk

Heaven Is for Real Benefits From Easter Open

Somewhat surprisingly, box office reports for the Easter weekend show thatHeaven Is for Real seems to have benefited from opening on the religious holiday. Recently, Hollywood has been stunned to see that audiences are reacting well to “Christian” films. The film Noah, Darren Aronofsky’s reworking of the biblical tale of the ark did very well at the cinema despite the filmmaker’s adjusting the focus of God’s punishment from sin to early man’s destroying the Earth.