a happy reconciliation and pray together. Cast Mike Vogel as Lee Strobel Michael Provost as young Lee Strobel Erika Christensen as Leslie Strobel Kelly Lamor Wilson as young Leslie Strobel Faye Dunaway as Dr. Roberta Waters Robert Forster as Walter Strobel Frankie Faison as Joe Dubois L. Scott Caldwell as Alfie Davis Mike Pniewski as Kenny London Tom Nowicki as Dr. Alexander Metherell Kevin Sizemore as Dr. Gary Habermas Rus Blackwell as Dr. William Lane Craig Jordan Cox as Bill Hybels Renell Gibbs as James Hicks Haley Rosenwasser as Alison Strobel Brett Rice as Ray Nelson Grant Goodeve as Mr. Cook Release In the United States and Canada, The Case for Christ was released on April 7, 2017, alongside Going in Style and Smurfs: The Lost Village, and was projected to gross $5 million in its opening weekend from 1,174 theaters. It ended up debuting to $3.9 million, finishing 10th at the box office. In its second weekend the film grossed $2.8 million, dropping 30.5% and finishing 9th at the box office. It grossed over $17 million on a $3 million budget. Critical response According to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 61% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 28 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Case for Christ shouldn't be dismissed, but like many faith-based productions, it's better at preaching to the choir than reaching the unconverted." At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100 based on six critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale. Kevin McLenithan of Christianity Today gave the film a "fresh" rating and wrote, "The film may be only intermittently successful, but when it takes its own story seriously rather than treating it as a means to an end, it stands among the best films yet produced by the Christian film industry." Jackie K. Cooper of The Huffington Post gave the film 6 out of 10 stars and called it "Well made and well acted; the perfect movie for the Easter season." Michael Foust of the Southern Baptist Texan gave it 4 out of 5 stars and acknowledged he was "skeptical that The Case for Christ could be turned into an enjoyable film but was pleasantly surprised with the on-screen product." Foust added, "It is