This will come as a surprise to absolutely no one, but the remake of Ben-Hur did not have a good opening weekend at the box office.
With a production budget of $100 million, Ben-Hur managed to earn the least of the new releases over the weekend, and was also toppled by Suicide Squad in its third week and Sausage Party in its second. The movie earned just $11 million from 3,000 screens, with another $10 million coming from 23 international markets.
Ben-Hur is still to be released in a few key markets, including UK and Korea, but it will need to do exceptionally well to recuperate its budget and marketing costs.
“Ben-Hur is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.”
Ben-Hur is out now in the States and on opens September 7th in the UK with a cast that includes Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi, Rodrigo Santoro, Sofia Black D’Elia, Ayelet Zurer, Moisés Arias, Marwan Kenzari and Pilou Asbæk.
