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Sherwood Pictures is an American independent Christian film production company in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is unusual among production companies in that it is a ministry of a local church, Sherwood Baptist Church. The company uses mostly volunteers in their productions. It was founded in 2002 by Alex Kendrick, the associate pastor of media for Sherwood Baptist Church with $20,000 in donations. The company's first film was ''Flywheel'' (2003), but it is best known for ''Facing the Giants'' (2006), ''Fireproof'' (2008), the highest-grossing independent film of the year, and ''Courageous'' (2011). The Kendrick Brothers have also directed and produced ''War Room'' (2015) although this is not a Sherwood Pictures film. == History == Sherwood Pictures was founded in 2002 by Alex Kendrick, the associate pastor of media for Sherwood Baptist Church with $20,000 in donations. Kendrick has also written and directed each of Sherwood's films. The budget of each film has been significantly larger than the film directly previous, at $20,000 for ''Flywheel'', $100,000 for ''Facing the Giants'', $500,000 for ''Fireproof'', and $2 million for ''Courageous''. Sherwood's films have earned back their budgets dozens of times over. ''Facing the Giants'' made 102 times its budget, ''Fireproof'' earned 67 times its budget, and ''Courageous'' made eight times its budget in its first ten days in theaters.〔(Box Office Shocker: How Moviemaking Georgia Church Behind 'Courageous' Outperforms Hollywood )〕 In 2011, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote about Sherwood's increasing success: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sherwood Pictures」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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