Ben-Hur Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

August 19, 2016

Distributor

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Drama

Rating

PG-13

Budget

$100,000,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$26,410,477 + $67,650,834 = $94,061,311

Cast

Morgan Freeman, Moises Arias, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Toby Kebbell, Marwan Kenzari, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Jack Huston, James Cosmo, Ayelet Zurer, Pilou Asbaek

Morgan Freeman

as Sheik Ilderim

Moises Arias

as Dismas

Sofia Black-D'Elia

as Tirzah

Toby Kebbell

as Messala

Marwan Kenzari

as Druses

Rodrigo Santoro

as Jesus

Nazanin Boniadi

as Esther

Jack Huston

as Judah Ben-Hur

James Cosmo

as Quintus Arius

Ayelet Zurer

as Naomi

Pilou Asbaek

as Pontius Pilate

About Ben-Hur

Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

About

Historical epic in which Jack Huston plays the eponymous prince who was falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother. The film was a box office bomb.

Trivia

This 2016 version of the tale was the 5th film adaptation adapted from the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace. Previous versions include two silent films (1907, 1925), a 1959 Academy Award-winner and a 2003 animated movie.