There's some cope going on in the proposed Community Notes for End Wokeness' post showing Young Washington beating Supergirl at the box office over the Independence Day weekend. "Supergirl started playing in theaters on June 26th. Most people who want to see it already have, explaining the low ticket sales later on," reads one proposed note. That's true in a way … most people who wanted to see it did last weekend, as it suffered a second weekend dropoff of between 74 and 80 percent.
Supergirl
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 5, 2026
Production + marking: $290 million
July 4th weekend (US): $10 million
Young Washington
Production + marketing: $30 million
July 4th weekend (US): $21 million pic.twitter.com/AGJueB75Jn
I haven't seen either film — I'm waiting for Supergirl to hit streaming, which shouldn't be long — but I was glad to see Young Washington do so well, in part because it was distributed by Angel Studios. This is the same studio that purchased the worldwide distribution rights to Sound of Freedom, the movie about one man's fight against child sex trafficking that became a surprise box office hit in 2023. Like Young Washington, Sound of Freedom was savaged by critics. CNN, while admitting that child sex trafficking is a real thing, reported that "these films are created out of moral panics... it specifically is looking at QAnon concepts of these child trafficking rings."
Rolling Stone's critic called Sound of Freedom "a superhero movie for dads with brainworms" and also doubled down on the QAnon connection. Vox called it "the right-wing child trafficking movie taking over theaters and creating its own conspiracy theories." "Is Sound of Freedom a QAnon dog whistle, or is it just another thriller?" asked Bloomberg.
Young Washington currently has a 60 percent "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 93 percent audience score.
I've always liked Chris Pratt, and he couldn't recommend the movie enough.
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Celebrate America’s 250th birthday at the box office!!! There’s a lot of great choices this weekend. But considering it’s July 4 weekend I humbly suggest “Young, Washington.” I was actually blown away. The movie is incredible. Like Braveheart for Americans. Jon Erwin crushed it.… pic.twitter.com/dl1a3Uy39o
— Chris Pratt (@prattprattpratt) July 3, 2026
I'm guessing Pratt and Mark Ruffalo didn't hang out on set together a lot for Avengers: Doomsday.
Here's the trailer, to cleanse you from having seen the trailer for The Odyssey.
Today, 250 years ago, thirteen colonies declared their independence and became the United States of America. Celebrate America’s fight for freedom by seeing #YoungWashington in theaters now! 🇺🇸@washingtonmovie @watchonwonder @2521ent pic.twitter.com/3x3oekYeGL
— Angel (@AngelStudiosInc) July 4, 2026
Turns out audiences still like heroes more than lectures.
— Def Noodles (@defnoodlesreal) July 5, 2026
It earned that money. Young Washington was a phenomenal movie.
— ChariotofFire (@cmhpurevalley1) July 5, 2026
Young Washington is a good movie - set during the French and Indian War in Virginia & Ohio.
— UthervL (@UthervL) July 6, 2026
Its a great movie to pair with Last of the Mohicans that happened at the same time period in NY (fictional but relevant to the real fight)
This is one of the most brutal box-office upsets we’ve seen in years—absolute disaster for DC, and a massive win for the underdog! 📉💸
— 🚀 madscientistBTC (@MadScientistBTC) July 6, 2026
The haters are saying that, of course, a patriotic movie coming out on the Fourth of July weekend is going to do better than a superhero movie. I don't think DC Studios thought that.
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