It's been a tough year for that large but elusive box office constituency, the religious believers. The biggest faith-market film to date, TriStar's Miracles From Heaven, did all right, with almost $62 million at the domestic box office; but it far underperformed the same company's Heaven Is For Real, which took in…

Sony just announced internally a trio of promotions at Affirm, its faith-based label that has seen success with pics including Miracles From Heaven, which grossed $74 million worldwide since its March release, as well as titles like War Room and Risen. Rich Peluso, who has run the label since it launched in 2007, has…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Garner has joined CAA from WME. The actress, last seen in the faith-based hit Miracles From Heaven,  will also continue to be repped by Management 360, and attorneys Jason Sloane and Harris Hartman of Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern. Garner, a versatile actress who can do comedy, romance as well as…

UPDATE, MONDAY PM: Could Lionsgate’s The Divergent Series: Allegiant actually turn a profit? Maybe. But what would it matter? Said one foreign sales guru tonight, “What seems to have shareholders upset is that it doesn’t matter if Allegiant profits a little or loses a little, the film was supposed to be part of a…

4TH WRITETHRU, Saturday 9AM: With Lionsgate's threequel The Divergent Series: Allegiant opening at No. 2 with an estimated $29.4M behind Disney's Zootopia which is holding No. 1 with $38.4M, the big question this weekend is why would a studio split the last novel of a cult book series into two movies when that title…

UPDATE: Sony and Affirm’s Miracles From Heaven grossed $1.9M in its opening day at 3,047 theaters, ranking as the No. 2 film Wednesday behind Disney’s Zootopia, which made an estimated $4.58M and a running total cume of $159.18M. Similar to other faith-based titles, Miracles From Heaven drew older women, with 69%…

We’ve known for a while that The Divergent Series: Allegiant was set to open significantly lower than its previous two installments, which each posted debuts slightly north of $50M. That’s not news. We told you last week that part three is bound to see a downturn due to the fact that the ending of Veronica Roth’s…

In a blatant attempt to cash in with the faith-based crowd, Sony Pictures has slated Miracles From Heaven for release on March 18, 2016, one week before the Easter holiday — the same date it released Heaven Is For Real which worked incredibly well for the core audience last year. Miracles From Heaven stars Jennifer Ga…