Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Searching for The Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the the Southern U.S. Director Andrew Douglas's film follows "Alt Country" singer Jim White through a gritty terrain of churches, prisons, truck stops, biker bars and coal mines. This is a journey through a very real contemporary Southern U.S., a world of marginalised white people and their unique and home-made society. Along the way are road-side encounters with modern musical mavericks including The Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, 16 Horsepower and David Johansen; old time banjo player Lee sexton; rockabilly and mountain Gospel churches - and novelist Harry Crews telling grisly stories down a dirt track.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$79,916
Summary Details
DistributorShadow Distribution
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Opening$4,095
1 theaters
Running Time1 hr 22 min
GenresDocumentary
In Release537 days/76 weeks
Widest Release6 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 15-1783$4,095-1-$4,095$6,9831
Jul 22-2491$2,681-34.5%2+1$1,340$12,0172
Jul 29-3175$9,284+246.3%5+3$1,856$23,2793
Aug 5-791$4,421-52.4%6+1$736$29,6314
Aug 12-1494$2,535-42.7%5-1$507$36,9415
Aug 19-21110$924-63.6%3-2$308$40,9236
Aug 26-28
Hurricane Katrina
130$150-83.8%1-2$150$42,3567
Sep 2-4
Hurricane Katrina
116$362+141.3%1-$362$42,9038
Sep 2-5
Hurricane Katrina
Labor Day wknd
125$512-1-$512$43,053-
Sep 9-11
Hurricane Katrina
111$1,977+446.1%2+1$988$45,0309
Sep 16-18
Hurricane Katrina
122$1,350-31.7%2-$675$48,64710
Sep 23-25
Hurricane Katrina
113$2,437+80.5%3+1$812$52,22611
Sep 30-Oct 2
Hurricane Katrina
104$3,859+58.4%5+2$771$57,25412
Oct 7-9108$2,034-47.3%3-2$678$61,00513
Oct 21-23135$730-2-$365$62,59115
Oct 28-30131$596-18.4%2-$298$63,75716
Nov 4-6125$650+9.1%2-$325$64,90517
Nov 11-13112$1,950+200%1-1$1,950$68,03618
Nov 25-27
Thanksgiving 3-Day
118$800-2-$400$69,08220
Dec 2-4
Post-Thanksgiving
131$200-75%1-1$200$70,43521
Jan 6-887$560-1-$560$71,29526
Jan 27-29106$500-1-$500$72,02829
Feb 3-5111$600+20%1-$600$73,04930
Feb 10-12
Torino Olympics
118$100-83.3%1-$100$73,22631
Feb 17-19
Torino Olympics
112$426+326%2+1$213$75,06232
Feb 17-20
Presidents' Day wknd
Torino Olympics
119$426-2-$213$75,062-
Feb 24-26
Torino Olympics
127$160-62.4%1-1$160$75,61533
Mar 3-5110$1,425+790.6%1-$1,425$77,20834