The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian film. The tone of the film's marketing focused on the film's action, and unlike "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" Disney and Walden did not screen the film for pastors or give Bible-based study guides in North America. "Prince Caspian" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the UK on 17 November 2008, and on 2 December 2008 in North America. It was the top selling DVD of its release week in the U.S. taking in $54.7 million. The film was released in Australia on 27 November 2008. There were one-disc and three-disc DVD editions (two-disc only in
Religion in The Chronicles of Narnia humanism, has serious objections to the Narnia series. On the other hand, the books have appeared in Neo-pagan reading lists (by the Wiccan author Starhawk, among others). Positive reviews of the books by authors who share few of Lewis' religious views can be found in "Revisiting Narnia", edited by Shanna Caughey. The producers of the 2005 film hoped to tap into the large religious audience revealed by the success of Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ", and at the same time hoped to produce an adventure film that would appeal to secular audiences; but they (and the reviewers