A testament to a huge market

'Passion' film stirs evangelicals' economic might

By Geoff Edgers

Globe Staff / February 22, 2004

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The studios rejected it. The critics have not been allowed to see it. But when "The Passion of the Christ" opens Wednesday in 2,800 theaters, Mel Gibson's controversial film about the last 12 hours of Jesus' life is expected to earn as much as $30 million in its first week of release. (Full Article: 1585 Words)