Mindset, Grit & Failure
How was Sound of Freedom financed and distributed?
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01Sound of Freedom cost $14 million and grossed roughly $250 million, but the team turned down Sony, Lionsgate and Paramount because the studios demanded full literary control. source →
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But after 10 years of doing undercover work and over 70 undercover rescue emissions in 15 countries, I looked at the numbers and I realized there's more children being sold today than there was 10 years ago. And I looked in the mirror and I said, Paul, if your goal in your life is to eradicate child trafficking and that goal came from 10 years ago when I was on that first operation, the one that was depicted in sound of freedom.
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