SALT LAKE CITY — Four months after “Meet the Mormons” was one of the top 10 films in theaters, it will be available in more than 100 million homes on Tuesday through video on demand.
The movie about six Latter-day Saints living their faith also will be available beginning Tuesday through digital providers like iTunes and Amazon Instant Video.
The LDS Church announced the plans for video-on-demand distribution through press release on Monday.
The release also announced that "Meet the Mormons" will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 31.
Netflix will carry the film later this year.
The list of cable and satellite companies that will provide homes with the option to watch the movie through video on demand include Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Bright House Networks, Charter, DISH, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-Verse.
The other digital providers that will offer the film include. Google Play, Vudu, Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, Target Ticket and Best Buy CinemaNow.
"Meet the Mormons" is still playing in some theaters, including two Utah locations — Movies 8 in Provo and the Water Gardens in Spanish Fork.
The film is No. 31 on the list of largest-grossing documentaries in history, according to Box Office Mojo. It has made $5,883,132 in theaters.
Since January, "Meet the Mormons" has been showing in all visitors’ centers and historic sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“We are very pleased by the success that ‘Meet the Mormons’ has enjoyed this year,” Elder Anthony Perkins of the Quorum of the Seventy said in a statement, “and are excited that many more people will have an opportunity to experience it in the coming months. These expanded offerings will allow many thousands more to see this wonderful film, either in person at one of our visitors’ centers or in the comfort of their own homes.”
"Meet the Mormons" earned $3,952,235 in its opening week, ranking 10th at the box office and became one of a number of faith-themed films to found box-office success in recent years.
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