Box Office: <i>Exodus: Gods And Kings</i> Falls Out Of The Top Ten

There’s good news and bad news for Exodus: Gods and Kings at the box office this week.

First, the good news: despite having a smaller opening weekend, Ridley Scott’s Moses movie has now outgrossed Son of God in North America, with its $61.2 million edging past the other film’s $59.7 million. Exodus was already doing far, far better overseas, of course, where it has earned $141.5 million in contrast to the other film’s paltry $8.1 million.

Next, the bad news: like Son of God, but unlike Noah, Ridley Scott’s Moses movie fell out of the top ten in its fourth week at the North American box office.

In fact, with the film making 44.9% less than it did last week, it had one of the steepest drops of any film in the Top 20; the only films that fell (slightly) quicker were The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which kept its position at #1 despite a 46.5% slide since last week, and Top Five, which slid 46.2% to the #16 spot.

Exodus did fairly well overseas this week, though. According to Deadline:

Parting the Red Sea once more, the Moses-led Exodus: Gods And Kings grossed $31.57M from 51 markets — besting last frame’s $30.9M performance. That’s largely down to six new markets which included Russia with $8M from 1,026 screens, and Central America at $1.2M for Fox’s 3rd biggest opening weekend of all time. Biblical holdovers included Brazil at No. 1, down just 26%, with $4.5M; France at $3.59M, down 30%; the UK with $2.67M, down only 35%; and Germany with $2.6M for a 27% drop. The international cume is now $142.5M, with six more markets to release in January including Italy and Japan.

Exodus is now the fourth-highest-grossing Bible movie of the past few decades in North America, behind The Passion of the Christ, The Prince of Egypt and Noah, and it is likely to remain in that position until another Bible movie beats it:

2004 — $370.8 million — The Passion of the Christ
1998 — $101.4 million — The Prince of Egypt
2014 — $101.2 million — Noah
2014 — $61.2 million — Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 — $59.7 million — Son of God
2009 — $43.3 million — Year One
2006 — $37.6 million — The Nativity Story
1981 — $31.7 million — History of the World, Part I
2002 — $25.6 million — Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
1979 — $20.0 million — Monty Python’s Life of Brian
1980 — $14.2 million — Wholly Moses!
2006 — $13.4 million — One Night with the King
1988 — $8.4 million — The Last Temptation of Christ
1985 — $5.1 million — King David
2003 — $4.1 million — The Gospel of John

It is also the third-highest-grossing Bible movie ever overseas, behind Noah and The Passion of the Christ (counting only films with foreign stats at Box Office Mojo):

2014 — $261.4 million — Noah
2004 — $241.1 million — The Passion of the Christ
2014 — $141.5 million — Exodus: Gods and Kings
1998 — $117.2 million — The Prince of Egypt
2009 — $19.0 million — Year One
2006 — $8.8 million — The Nativity Story
2014 — $8.1 million — Son of God
2006 — $0.3 million — One Night with the King
2002 — $0.1 million — Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie

Worldwide, this currently puts Exodus in fourth place:

2004 — $611.9 million — The Passion of the Christ
2014 — $362.6 million — Noah
1998 — $218.6 million — The Prince of Egypt
2014 — $202.8 million — Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 — $67.8 million — Son of God
2009 — $62.4 million — Year One
2006 — $46.4 million — The Nativity Story
2002 — $25.6 million — Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
2006 — $13.7 million — One Night with the King

Keep in mind, though, that these figures ignore such “golden age” films as Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments, which came out years before the studios started releasing detailed box-office data. If box-office figures were adjusted for inflation, some of those films would be among the top-grossing films of all time.

And where does Exodus rank in the filmographies of its principals? Well, of the 22 films Ridley Scott has directed, it currently ranks 8th in North America …

2000 — $187.7 million — Gladiator
2001 — $165.1 million — Hannibal
2007 — $130.2 million — American Gangster
2012 — $126.5 million — Prometheus
2001 — $108.6 million — Black Hawk Down
2010 — $105.3 million — Robin Hood
1979 — $80.9 million — Alien
2014 — $61.2 million — Exodus: Gods and Kings
1997 — $48.2 million — G.I. Jane
2005 — $47.4 million — Kingdom of Heaven

… 6th overseas, where it is still doing well …

2012 — $276.9 million — Prometheus
2000 — $269.9 million — Gladiator
2010 — $216.4 million — Robin Hood
2001 — $186.6 million — Hannibal
2005 — $164.3 million — Kingdom of Heaven
2014 — $141.5 million — Exodus: Gods and Kings
2007 — $136.3 million — American Gangster
1989 — $88.0 million — Black Rain
2008 — $75.7 million — Body of Lies
2001 — $64.4 million — Black Hawk Down

… and 7th worldwide:

2000 — $457.6 million — Gladiator
2012 — $403.4 million — Prometheus
2001 — $351.7 million — Hannibal
2010 — $321.7 million — Robin Hood
2007 — $266.5 million — American Gangster
2005 — $211.7 million — Kingdom of Heaven
2014 — $202.8 million — Exodus: Gods and Kings
2001 — $173.0 million — Black Hawk Down
1989 — $134.2 million — Black Rain
2008 — $115.1 million — Body of Lies

Of the 36 films that Christian Bale has acted in, Exodus currently ranks 10th in North America …

2008 — $534.9 million — The Dark Knight
2012 — $448.1 million — The Dark Knight Rises
2005 — $206.9 million — Batman Begins
2013 — $150.1 million — American Hustle
1995 — $141.6 million — Pocahontas
2009 — $125.3 million — Terminator Salvation
2009 — $97.1 million — Public Enemies
2010 — $93.6 million — The Fighter
2000 — $70.3 million — Shaft
2014 — $61.2 million — Exodus: Gods and Kings

… 6th overseas (not counting Howl’s Moving Castle, an animated film that originated overseas and did not feature his voice in most overseas territories) …