 This films release smashed box office records in Pope John Paul  IIs native Poland. This film shot to the top of the Polish box  office becoming the first movie to break $1 million (GBP588,200) in  three days. The film that held the previous record as Polands  biggest box office boom was another Pope John Paul II biopic, KAROL  IN POLAND, which grossed $7.4 million (GBP4.3 million) a year  earlier.