ENTERTAINMENT
ABOUT BELIEVE ENTERTAINMENT
(Writers/Producers/Directors) Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman have been in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. They have worked with Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony- Columbia and 20th Century Fox. . . producers Joel Silver, John Davis, Stan Lee (Marvel) and Crusader Entertainment. . . and talent Bruce Willis, and Sylvester Stallone. They have sold original-concept TV pilots to CBS, ABC and Fox; New Line Television, Touchstone and Peace Arch and cable projects to TNT and HBO. Responding to a call from the Lord, they left the secular entertainment field in 2008.
Since then, their film projects have included:
• What If?
• The Book of Daniel
• Do You Believe?
• God’s Not Dead
• God’s Not Dead 2
• Unplanned
BY THE NUMBERS
SOLOMON & KONZELMAN FAITH-DRIVEN RELEASES + FINANCIAL RATIOS:
To date, Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman’s faith-and-values driven films have generated gross receipts in excess of $220 million for net production costs of slightly less than $15 million.
Direct to DVD*:
What If?
Book of Daniel
Theatrical Releases: Screen count:
God’s Not Dead 1,860
Do You Believe? 1,356
God’s Not Dead 2 2,419
Unplanned 1,516
Ratio of Overall Gross Revenue vs. Production Budget Dollars
Highest performance: 120:1 (God’s Not Dead)
Weighted dollar average: 17:1
Lowest performance 5:1
*It should be noted that both of the direct to DVD releases were intended as such and were not feature films that failed to attract distribution.
"THE CULTURE WAS STOLEN THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT, IT CAN BE RECLAIMED THE SAME WAY"
AWARDS WON BY SOLOMON & KONZELMAN FILMS*
Unplanned (2019)
A+ Cinema Score
KLOVE Film Impact Award
Life Fest Film Festival: Capra Award (grand prize)
Movieguide Faith & Values Award
Canadian International Faith + Family Film Festival: Best Picture; Best Lead Actress
and Faith Achievement Award)
168 Film Festival: Faith, Hope & Love Award
God’s Not Dead 2 (2017)
Grace Award (most inspiring performance in features: Melissa Joan Hart)
Movieguide’s Best Picture for Mature Audiences
Movieguide Faith & Values Award
Do You Believe? (2016)
Movieguide Grace Award (most inspiring performance: Ted McGinley)
Movieguide Faith & Values Award
God’s Not Dead (2015)
Movieguide Epiphany Award for Features: $100,000 Grand Prize
Movieguide Faith & Values Award
KLOVE Fan Award: Best Motion Picture
GMA Dove Award: Inspirational Film of the Year
Arcangel Film Festival: Proclaim Award (Grand Prize)
What If?... (2011)
Movieguide Grace Award (most inspiring performance in features: Kevin Sorbo)
Movieguide Faith & Values Award
* wins only; list excludes a number of additional nominations
According to film industry analysis site, ‘The Numbers’, God’s Not Dead ranks as one of the most profitable films in history, in terms of return per dollar invested, beating out the 1978 production of Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
UNPLANNED
RED CARPET PREMIERE
MANN'S CHINESE THEATER
HOLLYWOOD, CA
LESS THAN 100 FILMS HAVE EVER RECEIVED AN A+ SCORE
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
Watch Unplanned Director/Writer Chuck Konzelman
w/ Cary Solomon testify at a Congressional Committee:
"Technological Censorship and the Public Discourse"
with Chairman Ted Cruz
