Was a surprisingly packed weekend at the box office, despite the fact that the champion of the previous weekend, Minecraft Film, managed to repeat the charts with another $ 80 million Under her belt. At the same time, we had several new films that opened this weekend, including the A24 military drama "War", "Amateur Thramy Malek" "Amateur" and the new Bloomhouse Drop "Drop". However, it was animated, a movie based on faith starring Oscar Isaac ("Moon Knight", "Duna") that topped the rest of the newcomers for the weekend.

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Angel Studio "The King of Kings", animated recounting the story of Jesus, based on the "Those of our Lord" in Charles Dickens, opened for the larger $ 19.3 million domestic. It has approached the challenging "sound of freedom" ($ 19.6 million) for the biggest open weekend of Angel to this day. That film continued to become a mouth sensation, attracting nearly $ 185 million domestic and more than $ 250 million globally.

The difference is in that "Sound of Freedom" wooed controversy on the road to success. "The King of Kings", on the other hand, has no controversy. For a moment, it's a huge success outside the gate that is ready to deliver a fuss for the coming weeks. His open weekend, which is already very good for an inexpensive animated film with a relatively small marketing budget, is really just the beginning. Not to deal too much here, but this may be the situation "sky is the limit" if it goes well.

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Directed by the Seong-Hang Young, the "King of the Kings" focuses on the father telling his son the story of Jesus Christ. Through his imagination, the boy walks beside Jesus, a witness to his miracles, trials and his ultimate sacrifice. Aside from Isaac as Jesus, the lined voice also includes the likes of Pierce Brosnan ("Mobland"), Kenneth Branag ("Tenet"), Uma Thurman ("Kill Bill"), Roman Griffin Davis ("Rabit Jojo") and Mark Hamil.

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The film is produced by the Korean company Mofac Studios, with Angel later collecting distribution rights. While the production budget is yet to be discovered, it was far, far cheaper than the average film Pixar, it is very sure. It is probably closer to the "Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirim" ($ 30 million). It's very good news for all involved.

"The passion of Christ" ($ 611 million worldwide) remains a high -end faith -based film barBut this is now the biggest opening for an animated image of faith -based movement. Moreover, the "King of the Kings" earned too much rare Chinascar A+, something that only 128 films ever achieved. It is one of the best tools we need to point out how well the film will perform over the weekend.

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In this case, the word from the mouth looks ellevel. Not to mention that the Easter weekend is appearing and this film is well positioned to be a big draw for movie things at the time. The needle is directed to the "king of the kings" in a big, bad way. Religious audiences will appear when they care. Case in point, The franchisee "chosen" continues to be the hero of the box office with lowAnd with the "selected: Last Dinner Part 3" and "Part 2", also in the top ten weekend. When everyone is told and finished, this can end up as one of the biggest surprises of 2025.

The "King of Kings" is now in cinemas.