For those of you who might be interested, David debuted to a remarkable US$22 million opening weekend, securing the No.2 position at the domestic box office and setting a new opening weekend record for Angel Studios. The result surpasses the studio’s previous high-water mark set by Sound of Freedom (US$19.6 million) and marks the largest opening ever for an independently released animated epic. The movie David is a follow-up to the five-part television miniseries Young David from 2023 also directed by Phil Cunningham and Brent Dawes.

I’ll admit that I’ve never been a huge fan of bible stories, the last time I enjoyed Bible stories was probably Sir Tony Robinson’s series Blood and Honey from the early 90’s. Now, perhaps the religious angle of the movie might keep some people from watching David but I’d like to think that because the movie’s heart is in the right place, even the most sceptical people won’t be bothered by the movie’s religious themes. Though admittedly I don’t watch a lot of animated movies, the animation style was definitely unlike anything I’ve seen. As musicals go bible stories make for a unique enough hook, for the record David is the second musical I’ve reviewed in the past five years. The first one being, Tokyo Tribe. Now I kind of enjoyed “The Adventure Song” and I liked the musical twist the filmmakers put on the movie’s “I am Spartacus” moment. I really enjoyed the fact that the movie wasn’t completely serious and had a really good sense of humour mainly centred around David’s family, though the sequence leading up to the battle with Goliath certainly was memorable.