'Young Washington' Delivers Record Opening Weekend for Angel Studios

Margaret Darby : Jul 7, 2026
Deseret News

[Deseret.com] Angel Studio's "Young Washington" grossed more than $20.8 million during its opening weekend, eclipsing box office projections and toppling the studio's previous live-action opening-weekend record, set by "Sound of Freedom." "Young Washington" ranked as the Utah-based studio's second-highest opening of all time, trailing only the animated Biblical picture "David," which debuted at $22 million in December. The film landed as the third-highest-grossing film over the holiday weekend ... "I'm going to answer the No. 1 question we're getting about the movie right now," [director Jon] Erwin said while in Mount Vernon, Washington's riverside home. "We've shown it all over, and this one question keeps coming up: 'Are you going to make another movie? Is there a follow-up on the life of George Washington?' We are working on another one right now," he continued. "We have just begun writing another Revolutionary War epic on the year 1776, and if you think Washington's big, wait for '1776'—it's epic in every way. It's another incredible chapter"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via YouTube-Angel and Wonder Project)