http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus:_Gods_and_Kings Budget $140 million Box office $107 million Development[edit] On March 15, 2013, Deadline.com reported Ridley Scott wanted Christian Bale to star in the film;[8] in August he confirmed the role to be Moses himself.[9] On the same day, Joel Edgerton joined the cast to play Ramses and production was set to begin in September.[10] The studio announced the casting calls in Spain's Almería and Pechina for 3,000 to 4,000 extras and with another 1,000 to 2,000 extras on the island of Fuerteventura.[11] On August 27, Aaron Paul joined the film to play Joshua.[12] Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and John Turturro were then still in talks about joining the cast.[13] On March 27, 2014, the studio changed the title of the film to Exodus: Gods and Kings.[14] According to Scott, the parting of the Red Sea was inspired by a tsunami believed to have been triggered by an underwater earthquake off the Italian coast around 3000 BC.[15]

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The Biblical epic overtook the third instalment of The Hunger Games, following three weeks at number one. However, it has had mixed reviews.

Time called it a "cinematically uninspired retelling of the Moses story",Vulture said it was "as uneven as Ridley Scott's career", while the New York Times described it as "both woefully insufficient and much too much".

The film's opening fell well short of other modern Biblical films, including Darren Aronofsky's Noah which took $43.7m on its opening weekend in March and 2004's The Passion of the Christ, which took $83.3m.