King of Kings
Of good and evil, of love and hate, of peace and war.
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets?He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified.Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $13M
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
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Box Office & Release
King of Kings returned 1.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $13M
- Release date
- Oct 11, 1961
- Runtime
- 2h 51m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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