Sound of Freedom DEFEATS Indiana Jones 5 in total US Box Office, closes in on $175 million

Sound of Freedom premiered on July 4th, and has since overtaken the the latest film in the Indiana Jones franchise in total domestic grossing sales.

Sitting in the top 10 of grossing movies of the year in the United States, Sound of Freedom tells of the career of Tim Ballard, a former DHS agent, who quit his job to start Operation Underground Railroad (OUR). OUR is an organization dedicated to rescuing children who have been trafficked for sex and other exploitation.

The narrative of the movie itself is based on stories from Tim's life working against sex slavery. The brother and sister in the movie, although not related in real life, are based on two real children.

The little brother is based on a little boy who was rescued at the border and transported by a pedophile in 2006 when Ballard worked on the border. The boy's sister, who was heroically rescued in the movie, is based on Ballard and OUR's "continual search" for another boy who was trafficked named Gardy. In reality, Gardy is yet to be found.

In their search for Gardy, OUR has found many other children, two of whom Ballard has adopted.

Source: OUR Facebook page

As of Monday, Sound of Freedom is tenth in the top grossing charts for domestic sales in the United States. It is ahead of Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, and Insidious: The Red Door. Of the top ten it is also the movie that had the least number of theaters available to show it. Many others have had access to nearly 1,000 or more showing theaters.

In 2022, OUR reported that it impacted 1,200 lives and topped the 5,000 mark for arrests since the organization's inception.