Red State Reports: Nefarious was a movie that caused a lot of headlines when it was released in theaters, in no small part because it was a Christian film that was good...and that's something that's just not supposed to happen. 

People made going out of their way to see it a priority, and in some cases, it was going out of your way. The closest theater to me that was playing took half an hour to get to, depending on traffic. Still, people went and saw it, making Nefarious something of an indie success with $5.4 million despite not being a movie from a huge studio and only being available in select theaters.

But it would appear that leaving the theater created even more opportunity for Steve Deace's film as reports say that it's now outsold its own theatrical run in the home market. 

According to Bounding Into Comics, the film video-on-demand (VOD) has been a breakout success: 

Alliance Entertainment CEO Jeff Walker commented on the success of the film’s VOD release, “Nefarious is our biggest release to date and the digital sales we managed on this title was just exceptional.”

Walker added, “In addition to our state-of-the-art physical distribution operations, we have built a robust digital video platform that can support great movies like Nefarious that provided Believe Entertainment with a complete physical and digital distribution solution.”

The strategy of Nefarious bringing in more on VOD compared to its theatrical release was always part of the film’s distribution model.