Saturday, December 13, 2014

Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings Tops Friday Boxoffice!


Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings easily took first place on another quiet Friday at the box office.
The movie was released in North America on December 12, 2014 across 3,503 theatres. It earned $1.2 million from Thursday midnight shownings in 2,500 theatres. Exodus opened to an estimated $8.6 million yesterday which is significantly lower than Noah's $15.2 million debut.

For the weekend, Exodus is poised to earn between $23 and $25 million. After leading the box office for the past three weeks, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 dropped to second place on Friday. The movie eased $3.79 million, which brings its total to $269 million.

Outside North America, the film was released in 10 markets on December 4–5 and earned $23.1 million from 6,462 screens on its opening weekend. The highest debuts came from South Korea ($6.2 million), Mexico ($5.4 million), Spain ($3.7 million), India ($1.6 million) and Hong Kong ($1.2 million).

Plot:
"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."

Anyways, checkout the new trailer released a few days ago:



Exodus: Gods and Kings is directed by Ridley Scott and written by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper and Steven Zaillian. The film stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver. 
It is an interpretation of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt as led by Moses and related in the Bible book of Exodus. Exodus is a Biblical epic based on the life and times of Moses. 

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