War Room (film)

For the 1993 documentary film, see The War Room.

War Room
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlex Kendrick
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBob M. Scott
Edited by
  • Alex Kendrick
  • Steve Hullfish
Music byPaul Mills
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[2]
Box office$74 million[3]

War Room is a 2015 American Christian drama film directed by Alex Kendrick and written by him and Stephen Kendrick. It is the Kendrick brothers' fifth film and their first through their subsidiary, Kendrick Brothers Productions.[4][5][6] The film was produced by Provident Films, Affirm Films and TriStar Pictures in partnership with the Kendrick brothers. The film stars Priscilla Shirer, T.C. Stallings, Karen Abercrombie, Alex Kendrick, and Michael Jr.

The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing in North American theaters on August 28, 2015, and received generally negative reviews from film critics, while Christian media critics gave mostly positive reviews, and became a box office success and a sleeper hit, grossing $74 million worldwide[7][8][9] including $67.8 million domestically to become the 7th highest-grossing Christian film in the United States.[10] A spin-off titled The Forge (Also made by the Kendrick Brothers), was released on August 23, 2024.

  1. ^ "AMC Theatres: War Room". AMC Theatres. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Jonathan Merritt (August 13, 2015). "Christian moviemakers opt for black cast after glut of whitewashed faith films". Religion News. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Numbers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Fifth Kendrick film, 'War Room,' to be released in August". www.albanyherald.com. February 2015.
  5. ^ "Update". sherwoodpictures.com.
  6. ^ "Kendrick Brothers movie, 'War Room,' out in theaters this weekend". Albany Herald. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  7. ^ "War Room Is Coming to Theaters August 28!". kendrickbrothers.com.
  8. ^ The Deadline Team (January 30, 2015). "Faith-Based Family Drama 'War Room' Set For August Premiere". Deadline.
  9. ^ King, Cecelia (September 1, 2015). "'War Room' displays box office clout of a faith-based audience". Washington Post. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  10. ^ "Christian Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 23, 2019.