{"id":17289,"date":"2014-04-13T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T19:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=17289"},"modified":"2014-04-13T19:12:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T02:12:59","slug":"box-office-update-noah-slips-in-n-america-but-stays-strong-overseas-while-gods-not-dead-sets-a-new-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/04\/box-office-update-noah-slips-in-n-america-but-stays-strong-overseas-while-gods-not-dead-sets-a-new-record.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office update: Noah<\/i> slips in N. America but stays strong overseas, while God’s Not Dead<\/i> sets a new record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>As expected, Noah<\/a><\/i> is faring quite better overseas than it is in North America.<\/p>\n

The film, which opened two weeks ago, is estimated to have earned $7.5 million in North America between Friday and today<\/a>, bringing its total up to $84.9 million.<\/p>\n

That represents a slip of 56.3% since last weekend, which is a steeper drop than Son of God<\/a><\/i> had in its own third weekend last month. Both films dropped about 60%, give or take a percentage point, in their second weekends; but Son of God<\/i> dropped only an additional 46.7% in its third weekend.<\/p>\n

There is now a distinct possibility that Noah<\/i> could fail to gross $100 million in North America when all is said and done, which would be a first for a film that made over $43 million<\/a> in its opening weekend.<\/p>\n

The news is better overseas, where the film has grossed an additional $56 million since last weekend, bringing its foreign haul up to $162 million.<\/p>\n

Noah<\/i> has grossed $246.9 million worldwide so far, and has not yet opened in several countries<\/a>, most notably Japan, which will not get the film until June.<\/p>\n

The film currently ranks as the third-highest-grossing Bible adaptation of all time domestically, behind The Passion of the Christ<\/a><\/i> (2004, $370.8 million) and The Prince of Egypt<\/a><\/i> (1998, $101.4 million) \u2014 though of course, when you take inflation into account<\/a>, several of the epics produced in the genre\u2019s heyday, between Samson and Delilah<\/a><\/i> (1949) and The Bible: In the Beginning\u2026<\/a><\/i> (1966), did way better.<\/p>\n

The film also ranks as the second-highest-grossing Bible adaptation of all time both overseas and worldwide, behind only The Passion of the Christ<\/i>, which grossed $241.1 million overseas and $611.9 million worldwide. (The Prince of Egypt<\/i> topped out at $117.2 million overseas and $218.6 million worldwide.)<\/p>\n

God\u2019s Not Dead<\/a><\/i>, meanwhile, expanded to Canada in its fourth week and grossed $5.5 million for the weekend, a drop of only 29.3% from last week. With $40.7 million in the till so far, it is now the top-grossing movie made by and for evangelicals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Son of God<\/i>, for its part, earned about $300,000 this Palm Sunday weekend, bringing its domestic total up to just a hair under $59 million. The film does not seem to have been released overseas yet, but it was said back in February<\/a> that the film would open in some Latin American countries, at least, in time for Easter next weekend.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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