Holiday 2014 Forecast: 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
Release Date: December 12th (3D)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Adam Cooper & Bill Collage and Jeffrey Caine and Steven Zaillian
Cast: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Ben Mendelsohn, Indira Varma
Studio Description: The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Analysis: Exodus: Gods and Kings arrives in theaters less than nine months after director Darren Aronofsky's Noah, which wrapped up its run at the domestic box office with $101.2 million. It's likely that Ridley Scott's big-budget retelling of the Exodus story tops that number, though it's hard to say by how much.
The two movies share a number of similarities. Both explore well-known Old Testament stories that aren't specific to one religion or another: Moses and Noah are both considered prophets in the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic faiths. Both movies are also big-budget studio productions from well-regarded directors and starring Academy Award-winning actors in the lead roles (Russell Crowe and Christian Bale).
Exodus: Gods and Kings trumps Noah in a number of areas, though. Aronofsky's version of the Noah story was more-or-less biblically accurate (in the marketing, at least), but it didn't align with the Sunday school imagery that moviegoers were accustomed to.
In contrast, Exodus: Gods and Kings appears to be a more accessible version: think Charleton Heston's The Ten Commandments, but with the kind of modern CGI that can really bring the plagues to life. Along the same lines, it's unlikely that Exodus: Gods and Kings gets crushed with the poor word-of-mouth that Noah faced after people got a look at some of its odder elements.
Still, it's hard to see Exodus: Gods and Kings really breaking out in such a busy season: The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies opens five days later, covers similar ground, and has a built-in audience. Look for Exodus: Gods and Kings to wind up somewhere between Noah and Ridley Scott's highest-grossing movie, Gladiator ($187.7 million).
Forecast: $130 million
Similar Movies: Noah, 300: Rise of An Empire, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Prometheus, Tron Legacy, Robin Hood, Clash of the Titans, 300, King Kong, Gladiator
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
Release Date: December 12th (3D)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Adam Cooper & Bill Collage and Jeffrey Caine and Steven Zaillian
Cast: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Ben Mendelsohn, Indira Varma
Studio Description: The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Analysis: Exodus: Gods and Kings arrives in theaters less than nine months after director Darren Aronofsky's Noah, which wrapped up its run at the domestic box office with $101.2 million. It's likely that Ridley Scott's big-budget retelling of the Exodus story tops that number, though it's hard to say by how much.
The two movies share a number of similarities. Both explore well-known Old Testament stories that aren't specific to one religion or another: Moses and Noah are both considered prophets in the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic faiths. Both movies are also big-budget studio productions from well-regarded directors and starring Academy Award-winning actors in the lead roles (Russell Crowe and Christian Bale).
Exodus: Gods and Kings trumps Noah in a number of areas, though. Aronofsky's version of the Noah story was more-or-less biblically accurate (in the marketing, at least), but it didn't align with the Sunday school imagery that moviegoers were accustomed to.
In contrast, Exodus: Gods and Kings appears to be a more accessible version: think Charleton Heston's The Ten Commandments, but with the kind of modern CGI that can really bring the plagues to life. Along the same lines, it's unlikely that Exodus: Gods and Kings gets crushed with the poor word-of-mouth that Noah faced after people got a look at some of its odder elements.
Still, it's hard to see Exodus: Gods and Kings really breaking out in such a busy season: The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies opens five days later, covers similar ground, and has a built-in audience. Look for Exodus: Gods and Kings to wind up somewhere between Noah and Ridley Scott's highest-grossing movie, Gladiator ($187.7 million).
Forecast: $130 million
Similar Movies: Noah, 300: Rise of An Empire, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Prometheus, Tron Legacy, Robin Hood, Clash of the Titans, 300, King Kong, Gladiator
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