Overview
American Christian missionary John Chau was murdered when he tried to illegally contact and convert some of the world’s last uncontacted indigenous people. Through exclusive interviews and archival footage of John’s journey, THE MISSION explores themes that strike deep at the heart of religion, colonialism, and anthropology, questioning where we draw the line between faith and fanaticism, exploration and exploitation, imagination and destruction.
A film from Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, starring Pam Arlund and Dan Davis.
It opened at #31 with $30K, fell 85% in its second weekend, and has $58K domestic and $80K worldwide. Critics and audiences: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and 3.14 on Letterboxd.
| Point | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27 | 3.14 |
| Sep 28 | 3.14 |
| Sep 29 | 3.14 |
| Sep 30 | 3.14 |
| Oct 1 | 3.14 |
| Oct 2 | 3.14 |
| Oct 3 | 3.14 |
| Oct 4 | 3.14 |
| Oct 5 | 3.14 |
| Oct 6 | 3.14 |
| Oct 7 | 3.14 |
| Oct 8 | 3.14 |
| Oct 9 | 3.14 |
Films are drafted before they open, then score all season for whoever took them, on the numbers here.
Thorsten ThielowRelease‘The Mission’ Producer Mike Lerner on Smuggling Phones Into Gaza to Film a Surgeon Fighting Casualties: ‘If They Save One Life, That Is an Act of Resistance’Variety · Nov 20, 2025 | Point | Value |
|---|---|
| Oct 13 | $30K |
| Oct 20 | $5K |
| Oct 27 | $11K |
| Nov 3 | $1K |
