The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader "Box Office Mojo" stated that "There certainly will be an audience for this picture, I just don't think it is going to restore the franchise to its former glory." He added that the film would be considered a relative success if it made anything close to "Prince Caspian"'s box office numbers, which would increase the likelihood of further Narnia films. Mark Johnson, the producer of the Narnia films, later remarked that "Prince Caspian" "had strayed from its core audience," referring to the Christian and family audience who catapulted "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" to the top at the
Religion in The Chronicles of Narnia mourned, and then discovered to be absent from the place where his body had been laid. Other authors have likened the character of Edmund to the Judas of the four Gospels. Stanley Mattson, president of the Redlands, Calif.-based C.S. Lewis Foundation, states that the “Deeper Magic” referred to in the book “is all about redemption, it's all about reconciliation, it's all about healing, and it's all about . . . death being swallowed up in victory." Lewis has also received criticism from some Christians and Christian organizations who feel that "The Chronicles of Narnia" promotes "soft-sell paganism and occultism", because