Fireproof Burns Bright

Fireproof raked in $4.1 million this past weekend. So far, the movie has earning about $12.5 million. Made on a shoe-string for half-a-million dollars, Fireproof stars Kirk Cameron – best known for his role in Growing Pains during the 80’s. Some of the proceeds from the film will go to Camp Firefly, Cameron’s children’s charity. The company that put Fireproof together, Sherwood Pictures, is a small production house affiliated with Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia.

Critics have given the film mixed reviews from critics in the mainstream media. Neil Genzlinger in The New York Times wrote:

“Fireproof” may not be the most profound movie ever made, but it does have its
commendable elements, including that rarest of creatures on the big (or small)
screen: characters with a strong, conservative Christian faith who don’t sound
crazy.

The film is in 839 theaters now and will expand to more than 1000 by the end of the week.