Original sentence: In its first weekend of release, the film earned $8.6 million domestically from 780 theaters, causing Entertainment Weekly's Adam Markovitz to refer to it as "The biggest surprise of the weekend...." Box office Mojo reports "That ranks seventh all-time among faith-based movies, and ranks first among those opening in fewer than 1,000 theaters.The film expanded to 1758 theaters increasing 52% after its 2nd week.With a production budget of $2,000,000, God's Not Dead has grossed  $42,237,419
Edited sentence: In addition, the film has grown to over 1758 theaters increasing 52% after its 2nd week.In its first weekend of release, the film earned $8.6 million domestically from just 780 theaters, causing Entertainment Weekly's Adam Markovitz to refer to it as "The biggest surprise of the weekend...." Box office Mojo reports "That ranks seventh all-time among faith-based movies, and ranks first among those opening in fewer than 1,000 theaters.With a production budget of only $2,000,000, God's Not Dead has grossed more than 20 times that thus far, earning $42,237,419