Actor and failed GOP candidate Antonio Sabàto Jr. is absolutely thrilled his new propaganda film “God’s Not Dead: We the People” is currently the #1 movie in America (according to him).
Sabàto tweeted his excitement this week, writing in ALL CAPS about how his comeback “IS THE #1 MOVIE IN THE COUNTRY AS OF MONDAY, OCT 4TH!”
. #GODSNOTDEADWETHEPEOPLE IS THE #1 NEW MOVIE IN THE COUNTRY AS OF MONDAY, OCT 4TH!
ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO SEE IT IN THEATERS!
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW AT:https://t.co/PfKAXzVPuw@davidarwhite @francescamusic @judge_jeanine @paulkwo @mattanspach @IWashington pic.twitter.com/JP9h3gWmXE
— Antonio Sabato Jr. (@AntonioSabatojr) October 5, 2021
We’re not sure where Sabàto got his numbers, however, because according to literally every other box office tracker in the country, the #1 movie in America right now is “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”, which was released on Friday and grossed $90 million last weekend.
That’s followed by “The Addams Family 2”, which was also released last Friday and grossed $17.3 million, and then “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”, which was released six weeks ago and grossed $6 million over the weekend.
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“God’s Not Dead: We the People” is only playing in theaters for three days–from Monday through today–as a Fathom Events limited engagement and we highly doubt it has surpassed $90 million in box office sales in that short amount of time.
The propaganda film is the fourth installment of the God’s Not Dead faith-based franchise. Sabàto plays a Christian father whose plan to homeschool his children is thwarted by an overreaching judge portrayed by Fox News’ resident alcoholic very own Jeanine Pirro. It’s his first major role since he was “blacklisted” by Hollywood after appearing at the 2016 RNC, where he gave a speech in support of Donald Trump.
Last year, the anti-masker told Variety that his 2016 RNC appearance forced him to “sell everything” and move to Florida, where he got a job in construction.
“I was blacklisted,” he claimed. “All my representatives left me, from agents to managers to commercial agents. I literally had to move, find a new job to survive and take care of my kids.… It’s been terrible. It’s mind-blowing. It’s a disgrace.”
Speaking to local station PIX11 News this week about his comeback, 49-year-old Sabàto said he’s “extremely blessed” to be a part of the propaganda film, which Steve Pulaski of Influx Magazine called “utterly deplorable” and “the worst in an already-misbegotten series.”
“This is dedicated to a lot of patriots who just want to work in the industry, want to be left alone, want to make good entertainment, and that’s what we’re about to do,” Sabàto said.
Watch the trailer for God’s Not Dead: We The People below. Or don’t.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
BaltoSteve
Well, if you look at it as the the “Number 1 vanity project for a has-been crazy conspiracy case” in the Country.. it’s not wrong.
James
WHAT A USELESS IGNORANT PIECE OF SHIT.
scotty
my thoughts about mike pence as well.
G-Man
Just like a Trump supporter can tell fact from fiction.
Hank31
Not sure what the claim is based on, but I suspect he might be using “revenue per theater” as his metric. If you have a limited release in just a small number of theaters and those few theaters are all 100% filled, then the total revenue per theater might well exceed that of Venom, which is running in thousands of theaters, which are not filled.
RTG
I think you’re over engineering this and giving him too much credit. He’s a Trump supporter incapable of discerning reality.
v6origal97
I hate the way people spin shit. Is this the ONLY new movie in American theaters this week? If so, maybe that’s the caveat; Otherwise, I hope everyone on the world calls this shit bag out and tosses him with the rest of the right wing garbage. If it IS the only new movie, and that’s how they are getting away with this bs marketing ploy, I also hope anyone actually covering the story notes it, and just as you’ve done, shows box office receipts compared to everything else currently playing. Hypocritical assholes. Whatever happened to “Thou shalt not lie?”
Max
Sabato Jr is just another Republican that loves to tout false rankings. the way Trump would inflate his worth or his inauguration crowd size.
“This is dedicated to a lot of patriots who just want to work in the industry, want to be left alone, want to make good entertainment, and that’s what we’re about to do,” Sabàto said.
what a load of BS. he hasn’t made good entertainment since he used to model underwear for CK.
Prax07
Maybe number 1 in the theater it’s showing in, which probably only has one screen. He needs to shut up and go back to underwear modelling, maybe Depends would hire him for a starring role as crapper#1
Vince
I remember seeing him as macy’s CK underwear signing back in 1998 when he was at his prime. Typical republican though. Selfish and ego driven.
Fahd
Sad fellow – good luck paying the bills off of this kind of #1 (lol) movie. With his abilities, he should have saved his early career money for when his looks faded. Another great example of how associating with the orange turd has improved someone’s life outcomes – not. Sad!
Vince
# 1 among christian loons maybe. They’ll vote for anything that has this bs in it. That or #1 rotten tomato worst movies besides saving Christmas.
tangent
“All my representatives left me, from agents to managers to commercial agents. I literally had to move, find a new job to survive and take care of my kids…”
If he was a performer with an audience that could be monetized, he’d have job offers lined-up around the block. Except he’s obnoxious, dumb, unlikeable and his looks aren’t going to carry him anymore. The reality is, there aren’t enough people that want to part with their hard-earned money to see his performances.
RTG
He’s done nudes in gay movies. Perhaps he should try an OnlyFans?
scotty
perhaps NOT
Wade
His movie was the ONLY movie released on that day, Monday, October 4th.
fredk3
Ha! So technically he’s telling the truth but it’s all baloney anyway! Only movie released on that day … it’s a shell game. Beware of lying has-beens with dimples … who, yes, has gone nude in gay movies. just go away hypocrite has-been.
LumpyPillows
God’s not dead, god never existed. Antonio is tragically untalented, low-intellect, faded pretty boy.
scotty
dang u sound like a jelly queen
Saki
Lumpy you are right, who don’t exist can’t die. cannot believe that in 2021 so many ppl still believe in sky creature and that mystical book of their which is full of lies ”rolling-eyes”
LumpyPillows
@Scotty Alas, intellect-challenged trolls result to personal attacks when they can’t make valid points. You can’t spell, punctuate or capitalize; I had to reread your comment three times to understand what you meant before realizing your can’t spell jealous. I’d be sad for you, if I cared; I don’t. I stand by my assessment of Antonio; he’s dumb as a rock and harbors dangerous ideas. He was once pretty – his only claim to fame. So, no, I’m not jealous of a dumb rock with no acting ability.
Jim
Poor Antonio. It’s sad when all these has been actors who really had much of a career claim they’ve been black listed because of their politics.
Antonio, it’s because the public just isn’t into you!
Okay, okay I’d do him, but that’s different.
Cam
Republicans always lie. End of story.
curiobi
Isaiah Washington. DISAPPOINTING!
Invader7
Who ????
TEAKWOOD18
Patriots, what a joke!
BoomerMyles
Sabato did a LOT of queerbaiting in his day.
He’s trash.
Ken A.
OH please people. All of you lusted after him when he was an underwear model and when he was full frontal in TESTOSTERONE. Yeah, yeah be mad at him because he is a Trump fanboy and a conservative. On a side note. GND movies aren’t that bad really, acting wise. They’ve improved since the first with Sorbo being the only one who knew how to act, the others tried, Melissa Joan Hart was in the 2nd. I don’t remember seeing the 3rd. This 4th one has Sabbato and Baio.
linedrive
Trump supporters do have trouble counting…