“Unplanned,” a movie about an abortion clinic director who left her job at Planned Parenthood, is the No. 1 DVD in Amazon sales after surpassing expectations in movie theaters.
“You know, without being trite, I think the people have spoken,” Cary Solomon, who directed the movie with Chuck Konzelman, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Tuesday.
“Unplanned” tells the true story of Abby Johnson, a Planned Parenthood clinic director who quit her job with the nation’s largest abortion provider in 2009 after having a conversion experience regarding the procedure.
The movie, which stars Ashley Bratcher as Johnson, grossed $19 million in theaters over 19 weeks, according to Box Office Mojo.
Obstacles to the movie’s success included its “R” rating from the Motion Picture Association of America and censorship on social media.
Solomon said he read that the makers of the average movie are happy with sales of 20,000 to 30,000 DVDs, but that “we presold about 235,000 without even telling anyone it was out there.”
“What does that say?” Solomon asked. “It says that we have a nation that is hungry for stories about life, but not only that [but for] true stories that reveal the truth.”
Solomon credited the film’s success to God’s grace:
When we began, we were very concerned, very worried, very scared, and we had a Holy Spirit moment: The Spirit dropped on us and basically said, ‘Do not be afraid. This is for my glory.’ And I know that thousands of people maybe won’t believe that, but that is exactly what happened.
The film arrived Tuesday on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and streaming on demand on Amazon Prime Video.
Full story at The Daily Signal.
I immediately placed an advance DVD order for “Unplanned,” as soon as it was announced, by Amazon! The DVD release date was Aug. 13, so I should receive it soon! I am thrilled, because I will share it with as many people as possible! I also plan to place another big order, for many of these DVDs, and give them away!
Getting people to see this film may save many unborn babies’ lives! Wish I could pass DVDs of “Unplanned” out to the Mayor of San Francisco, and Board of Supervisors– as well as Gov. Newsom, and all Calif. politicians! And I wish someone could pass out these DVDs at all secular and religious big youth events! Put the DVD on a HUGE outdoor screen, in a popular area, with lots of good seating, and show it, free, to all!