{"id":25858,"date":"2014-12-28T12:24:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T20:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=25858"},"modified":"2014-12-29T08:17:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T16:17:26","slug":"box-office-exodus-gods-and-kings-falls-some-more-in-its-third-week-while-most-other-films-go-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/12\/box-office-exodus-gods-and-kings-falls-some-more-in-its-third-week-while-most-other-films-go-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/i> falls some more in its third week while most other films go up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"exodus-DF-04525\"<\/a>Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/a><\/i> is still falling at the box office, but not as fast it was.<\/p>\n

As expected, the post-Christmas surge at the box office put the brakes on the film\u2019s slide, so that it earned an estimated $6.7 million this weekend<\/a> and dropped only 16.7% compared to last weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is better than the 46.7% and 55.7% by which Son of God<\/a><\/i> and Noah<\/a><\/i> dropped during their third weeks, respectively. Exodus<\/i> has also grossed $52.5 million in total as of this Sunday, which puts it ahead of where Son of God<\/i> was at a comparable point in its release for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

However, Exodus<\/i> was one of only three films in the Top 15 that made less<\/i> money this weekend than last weekend. The others were The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies<\/i>, which kept the #1 spot but slid 24.3%, and Penguins of Madagascar<\/i>, which slid 6.5% and is on track to be the lowest-grossing computer-animated DreamWorks cartoon<\/a> ever (not counting the Aardman co-production Flushed Away<\/i>).<\/p>\n

Thanks in part to three new films (Unbroken<\/i>, Into the Woods<\/i>, The Gambler<\/i>) and a fourth that went into wider release (The Imitation Game<\/i>), Exodus<\/i> \u2014 which opened at #1 just two weeks ago \u2014 slid to 9th place at the box office this weekend. It also fell behind The Hunger Games: Mockingay Part 1<\/i>, which is now in its sixth week.<\/p>\n

The $52.5 million earned by Exodus<\/i> so far in North America makes it the 8th-highest-grossing Ridley Scott<\/a> movie (out of 22 movies), behind three Russell Crowe movies (Gladiator<\/i>, American Gangster<\/i>, Robin Hood<\/i>), two sequels (Hannibal<\/i>, Prometheus<\/i>), Black Hawk Down<\/i> and Alien<\/i> \u2014 all of which earned over $80 million.<\/p>\n

For Christian Bale<\/a>, it will soon be his 10th-highest-grossing film in North America, behind four \u201cfranchise\u201d movies (the Dark Knight<\/i> trilogy, Terminator Salvation<\/i>), two David O. Russell movies (American Hustle<\/i>, The Fighter<\/i>) and three supporting roles (Pocahontas<\/i>, Public Enemies<\/i>, Shaft<\/i>) \u2014 all of which earned over $70 million.<\/p>\n

Time will tell if Exodus<\/i> moves any higher up either of those charts.<\/p>\n

Overseas, Exodus<\/i> was released in several new territories this week and has raised its foreign total to $96.3 million, thus giving it a global total of $148.8 million.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b> Deadline<\/a> has a more detailed breakdown of the overseas figures:<\/p>\n

Off muscular bows in Brazil, France, the UK and Germany, Ridley Scott\u2019s Exodus: Gods And Kings<\/strong><\/em> earned $31M on 6,671 screens in 39 markets this holiday frame. Although the film won\u2019t be getting released in some Middle Eastern markets, the international cume is a burning bush away from the $100M mark with $97.03M. Brazil<\/strong> opened at No. 1 and earned $6.68M from 901 dates this session giving Fox its second biggest opening ever in the market. In France<\/strong>, it was No. 3 behind local heartwarmer The B\u00e9lier Family<\/strong><\/em> and The Hobbit<\/em> with $5.35M from 587; the UK<\/strong> was No. 2 behind Hobbit<\/em> with $4.25M from 750; and Germany<\/strong> was No. 3 behind Hobbit<\/em> and Til Schweiger\u2019s Warner drama Honig In Kopf<\/strong><\/em> with $3.64M at 597. Among other markets, Mexico<\/strong> was up 8% in its fourth frame for a cume of $11.2M; Spain<\/strong> was also up 11% in its fourth outing with a $9.8M cume and Holland<\/strong> was up 28% for a $1.66M cume. Russia sees the Red Sea part next weekend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If I find any more details along these lines, I will add them to this post.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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