Angel Studios
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media, Film distribution |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Neal Harmon, Jeffrey Harmon, Daniel Harmon, Jordan Harmon, Benton Crane |
| Headquarters | Provo , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Films, Streaming platform (Angel streaming platform) |
Angel Studios, Inc. (operating as Angel since 2025) is an independent American media enterprise and film distribution company headquartered in Provo, Utah. It engages in the production and distribution of films intended for theatrical release and manages the Angel streaming platform, an over-the-top video-on-demand service accessible globally through web browsers as well as applications on smartphones, tablets, and smart television devices.
The company emerged from the bankruptcy restructuring of VidAngel and utilized equity crowdfunding via Angel Funding to finance original projects by offering investors ownership stakes in both the firm and its productions. Their streaming platform provides content free of charge, with select titles also available through partnerships with external distributors.
Angel Studios specializes in "values-driven" entertainment, prioritizing narratives that emphasize "what is good, beautiful and worth sharing," frequently incorporating Christian motifs. The studio achieved significant recognition with the distribution of Sound of Freedom, which earned over $250 million at the box office. Additionally, Angel Studios distributed initial seasons of the television series The Chosen, a notable crowdfunded production with a dedicated fanbase.
Origins as VidAngel
Founded in 2014 by members of a Latter-Day Saint family—Neal, Jeffrey, Daniel, Jordan Harmon, and Benton Crane—Angel Studios began under the name VidAngel. The founders’ mission was to enable viewers to watch films with customizable filters that allowed them to skip explicit scenes involving graphic violence, nudity, or profanity. VidAngel’s technology provided audiences with the ability to tailor content for a more family-friendly viewing experience.
In 2016, VidAngel became subject to a copyright infringement lawsuit initiated by major Hollywood studios accusing the company of unlicensed streaming. VidAngel defended its practices citing protections under the Family Movie Act of 2005 but ultimately reached a settlement in 2020. Following these legal proceedings, the Harmon brothers divested the filtering service and redirected their efforts toward original content production via equity crowdfunding. The original VidAngel filtering business was sold to VidAngel Entertainment, while the parent company rebranded as Angel Studios in 2021.
Equity Crowdfunding Initiatives
During the 2016 legal dispute, VidAngel successfully raised capital through a Regulation A+ securities offering aimed at $5 million but exceeded this target by securing over $10 million within just five days. The following year, Angel Studios conducted another Regulation A+ equity crowdfunding campaign that garnered $13 million to fund Season 1 of The Chosen, a multi-season series depicting Jesus and his disciples created by Dallas Jenkins and Derral Eves. This campaign set a record as the largest equity crowdfunding effort for a television series.
Also in 2017, Angel Studios debuted Dry Bar Comedy, featuring 52 episodes of clean stand-up performances by emerging comedians. This series achieved viral status with over two billion views recorded by 2021.
Establishment of Angel Studios
Capitalizing on the momentum from Dry Bar Comedy and The Chosen, the founders transitioned to operating as Angel Studios, focusing on producing and distributing original content financed through equity crowdfunding. The name reflects their reliance on "angel investors." Productions are funded via crowdfunding campaigns and made available without charge on their streaming platform under a "Pay It Forward" model that allows viewers to contribute voluntarily.
In early 2021, Angel Studios purchased the domain angel.com for $2 million and launched Angel Funding, an investment portal facilitating Regulation Crowdfunding securities offerings. Several projects successfully raised funds through this platform: Tuttle Twins secured $4.6 million for its educational children’s series; The Wingfeather Saga obtained $5 million within 20 days for its animated adaptation; meanwhile, The Chosen expanded its presence on Angel Studios with Season 2 achieving widespread viral success internationally.
By 2022, Angel Studios completed a $47 million funding round led by venture capital firm Gigafund. As of May that year, the company reported revenues totaling $123 million alongside investments exceeding $100 million from approximately 50,000 investors across 12 original productions underway.
In 2025, Angel Studios went public through a reverse merger with Connecticut-based SPAC Southport Acquisition Corporation, reaching a valuation of $1.6 billion under ticker symbol ANGX. The company's stock debuted on September 11, 2025, closing its first trading session with an 8.4% increase.
Introduction of the Angel Guild
Established in 2023, the Angel Guild consists of nearly 1 million participants who evaluate and cast votes on finalized episodes and films, guiding Angel Studios in its distribution decisions. Projects that fulfill the Guild's baseline criteria advance to a thorough review process for potential release.
Guild members subscribe via monthly or annual payments, granting them exclusive perks such as unlimited access to Angel Studios’ entire catalog, monthly content premieres, discounts on merchandise, and two free movie tickets with each new release. This community actively promotes Angel Studios’ goal of delivering inspiring narratives.
Among the significant films approved by the Angel Guild are His Only Son, which achieved $13 million globally, and Sound of Freedom, which amassed $250 million in revenue following member endorsement.
In 2025, Angel Studios formed a collaboration with Kova Releasing, the United Kingdom’s only faith-focused distributor, and established worldwide distribution agreements spanning numerous countries.
Live-action
| Title | Release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Production partner(s) | Budget | Box office | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Testament: The Parables Retold | October 6, 2022 | Paul Syrstad | Roarlight | $50,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| His Only Son | March 31, 2023 | David Helling | David Helling, Roman Medjanov, & Mike Kaney II | RockBridge Productions | $250,000 | $13.8 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound of Freedom | July 4, 2023 | Alejandro Gómez Monteverde | Rod Barr & Alejandro Gómez Monteverde | Eduardo Verástegui | Santa Fe Films | $14.5 million | $250.6 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After Death | October 27, 2023 | Stephen Gray & Chris Radtke | Jason Pamer & Jens Jacob | Sypher Studios Theora Films |
$1.2 million | $11.8 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Shift | December 1, 2023 | Brock Heasley | Brock Heasley & Ken Carpenter | Nook Lane Entertainment Pinnacle Peak Pictures Salt Shaker Media |
$6.4 million | $12.2 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cabrini | March 8, 2024 | Alejandro Gómez Monteverde | Alejandro Gómez Monteverde & Rod Barr | Leo Severino & Jonathan Sanger | Francesca Film Production NY Lupin Film Lodigiano Film Development Inc. |
$50 million | $20.5 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sight | May 24, 2024 | Andrew Hyatt | Andrew Hyatt, John Duigan & Buzz McLaughlin | Darren Moorman, David Fischer & Vicki Sotheran | Open River Entertainment Reserve Entertainment |
$8.5 million | $7.2 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot | July 4, 2024 | Joshua Weigel | Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel | Letitia Wright (executive producer) | Peacetree Productions DailyWire+ |
$8.5 million | $11.7 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bonhoeffer | November 22, 2024 | Todd Komarnicki | Fontana In Plain Sight Group Crow's Nest Productions Guy Walks Into A Bar Productions |
$25 million | $12.6 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Homestead | December 20, 2024 | Ben Smallbone | Phillip Abraham Leah Bateman Jason Ross |
Ben Kasica Andrea Royer Ben Smallbone |
Black Autumn Show Skies Fall Media Group |
$8 million | $20.8 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brave the Dark | "Template:Start date" | "Damian Harris" | "Dale G. Bradley Lynn Robertson-HayNathaniel DeenJohn P. Spencer Damian Harris" |
"Grant Bradley Derek Dienner Dale G. Bradley" |
"MAKE/FILMS Aristos Films Inspiring Films LLC Triode Media" |
" $200,000 " | " $4.5 million " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rule Breakers | "March 7, 2025" | "Bill Guttentag" | "Jason Brown Bill Guttentag Elaha Mahboob" |
"Phoebe Waller-Bridge Ali Fazal Fahim Fazli Nikohl Boosheri" |
"Black Autumn Show" | " $8 million " | " $3 million " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Last Rodeo | "May 23, 2025" | "Jon Avnet" | "Jon Avnet, Neal McDonough, Derek Presley" | "Jon Avnet, Kip Konwiser, Neal McDonough, Ruve McDonough, Darren Moorman, Stephen Preston" | "Angel Studios 2521 Entertainment" |
" $8 million " | " $15.2 million " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sketch | "August 6, 2025" | " colspan=2 "=Seth Worley" | "Steve Taylor, Tony Hale, Dusty Brown" | "Morphan Time" | " $3 million " | " $10.5 million " | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Senior | "September 19, 2025" | "Rod Lurie" | "Robert Eisele" | "Justin Baldoni, Steve Sarowitz, Mark Ciardi, Campbell McInnes" | "Wayfarer Studios Select Film Ten Acre Films" |
" $1.05 million " | " $5.3 million " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Truth & Treason | "October 17, 2025" | "Matt Whitaker" | "Matt Whitaker, Ethan Vincent" | "John Foss, Russ Kendall, Jon Erwin" | "Kaleidoscope Pictures Baltic Film Services" |
" $15 million " | " $5.9 million " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upcoming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Was a Stranger | "January 9, 2026" | " colspan=3 "=Brandt Andersen
"The Reel Foundation |
Solo Mio | "February 6, 2026" | "James Kinnane, Patrick Kinnane, John Kinnane"| "Mark Fasano, Jeffrey Greenstein"| "A Higher Standard Kinnane Brothers Nickel City Pictures"| Template:TBA "|Template:TBA |- |
Young Washington | Jon Erwin
"| Jon Erwin, Tom Provost, Diederik Hoogstraten"| Jon Erwin, Chip Diggins"| Wonder Project |
Zero A. D. | Alejandro Gómez Monteverde
"| Rod Barr"| Leo Severino, Eduardo Verástegui "| Kasbah Films"| Template:TBA "|Template:TBA |- |
The Fellowship | Template:TBA "|Template:TBA "|Template:TBA "|Template:TBA "|Template:TBA "|Template:TBA |- | Old Man in the Dunes | colspan=2 Christian Guiton "| Jacques Abrahamian,
Christine Holder, Mark Holder, Noli Molla, Leo Severino "| Metanoia Films Wonder Street "| Template:TBA "|Template:TBA |- |
Fablehaven | Cameron Sawyer "|Template:TBA "| Christian Busath, Travis Shreeve "| Haven Films "| Template:TBA "|Template:TBA |- | The Bull|
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The Chosen
The Chosen is a multi-season streaming drama about Jesus’ life, created by Dallas Jenkins. Initially produced by VidAngel, its distribution later transitioned to Angel Studios. The series set a record by raising over $13 million through equity crowdfunding, the highest amount ever for a television show. After concluding Season 3 in February 2023, Jenkins and the production parted ways with Angel Studios. Currently, the series is overseen by the Come and See Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization responsible for its production, licensing, and distribution.
In late May 2024, following arbitration between Angel Studios and The Chosen LLC, the arbitrator ruled in favor of The Chosen. The CEO of Angel Studios, Neal Harmon, announced intentions to appeal the ruling the day after it was made public.
Dry Bar Comedy
Debuting in 2017, Dry Bar Comedy was among Angel Studios’ earliest original productions. It showcases 52 stand-up comedy performances filmed in Utah, emphasizing clean humor delivered by emerging comedians. The series has garnered extensive popularity on social media platforms, especially YouTube, accumulating over two billion views by 2021.
The Wingfeather Saga
Angel Studios developed an animated adaptation of The Wingfeather Saga, a fantasy book series authored by Andrew Peterson. The inaugural season was financed with an investment totaling $5 million.
Feature films
As of July 2023, Angel Studios’ film distribution portfolio includes His Only Son, a live-action biblical drama released in March 2023 produced by RockBridge Productions that retells Abraham and Isaac’s story; Sound of Freedom, which premiered in July 2023 under Santa Fe Films; and The Shift, a science fiction film scheduled for late 2023 featuring Neal McDonough, Sean Astin, Kristoffer Polaha, and Emily Rose—marking Angel Studios’ first original theatrical release.
Originally slated for a November 2025 debut, the animated film David, centered on the biblical figure, faced distribution challenges when Slingshot Pictures terminated its agreement with Angel Studios in October 2024 citing contract violations and subsequently filed a lawsuit in March 2025 while searching for alternative distribution partners. One year later, Angel Studios partnered with 2521 Entertainment to acquire both the film and its prequel TV series Young David, rescheduling the movie’s release to December 19, 2025.
Sound of Freedom
Released on July 3, 2023, Sound of Freedom marked Angel Studios' first international theatrical release. Directed by Alejandro Monteverde and starring Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, and Bill Camp, the film achieved notable box office success with global earnings exceeding $250 million. Despite its financial performance, it sparked controversy due to allegations of inflated ticket sales figures, scrutiny over the credibility of its subject Tim Ballard, and connections to the QAnon conspiracy movement.
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