The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $15,473,333Details
Further financial details...

Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,460 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,201-6,300) 6,299 $15,473,333

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 15th, 1965 (Wide) by MGM
MPAA Rating: G (1972 - previously rated G in 1962)
Running Time: 260 minutes
Comparisons: vs. My Fair Lady
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Keywords: Religious, Faith-Based Drama, Faith-Based Film, Bible Epic, Ancient Rome
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,460 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 3,701-3,800) 3,774 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 932 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,946 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500) 454 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 801-900) 831 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for G Movies (Rank 101-200) 194 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 101-200) 145 $15,473,333

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Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Supporting Cast

Donald Pleasance    The Dark Hermit/Satan

Uncategorized

Martin Landau    Caiaphas
Richard Conte    Barabbas
Roddy McDowall    Matthew
Robert Loggia    Jospeh
Van Heflin    Bar Amand
Telly Savalas    Pontius Pilate
Charlton Heston    John the Baptist
Sal Mineo    Uriah
Shelley Winters    Woman of no name
Claude Rains    King Herod
Janet Margolin    Mary of Bethany
Pat Boone    Young man at the tomb
John Wayne    The Centurion
José Ferrer    Herod Antipas
Angela Lansbury    Claudia
Max von Sydow    Jesus
Ed Wynn    Old Aram
Sidney Poitier    Simon of Cyrene
Michael Ansara    Herod's commander

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

David Lean    Director
George Stevens    Director
George Stevens    Screenwriter
James Lee Barrett    Screenwriter

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 29th, 2011

March 30th, 2011

It's a very busy week for DVD and Blu-ray releases with several top-tier releases, as well as plenty of interesting catalog titles. Paradoxically, this week's list could be rather short, as I've previously reviewed most of the major releases, while I'm still waiting on about half of the catalog titles to show up. So this week's list is mostly just links to the reviews already done and notices of what reviews to look forward to if / when late screeners arrive. In the meantime, the best of the best is a three-horse race between Tangled, Black Swan, and Mad Men: Season Four. All three are absolutely worth picking up, but for Pick of the Week I'm going with the Mad Men: Season Four on Blu-ray. More...


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Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,460 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,201-6,300) 6,299 $15,473,333

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 15th, 1965 (Wide) by MGM
MPAA Rating: G (1972 - previously rated G in 1962)
Running Time: 260 minutes
Comparisons: vs. My Fair Lady
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Religious, Faith-Based Drama, Faith-Based Film, Bible Epic, Ancient Rome
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Supporting Cast

Donald Pleasance    The Dark Hermit/Satan

Uncategorized

Martin Landau    Caiaphas
Richard Conte    Barabbas
Roddy McDowall    Matthew
Robert Loggia    Jospeh
Van Heflin    Bar Amand
Telly Savalas    Pontius Pilate
Charlton Heston    John the Baptist
Sal Mineo    Uriah
Shelley Winters    Woman of no name
Claude Rains    King Herod
Janet Margolin    Mary of Bethany
Pat Boone    Young man at the tomb
John Wayne    The Centurion
José Ferrer    Herod Antipas
Angela Lansbury    Claudia
Max von Sydow    Jesus
Ed Wynn    Old Aram
Sidney Poitier    Simon of Cyrene
Michael Ansara    Herod's commander

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

David Lean    Director
George Stevens    Director
George Stevens    Screenwriter
James Lee Barrett    Screenwriter

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 29th, 2011

March 30th, 2011

It's a very busy week for DVD and Blu-ray releases with several top-tier releases, as well as plenty of interesting catalog titles. Paradoxically, this week's list could be rather short, as I've previously reviewed most of the major releases, while I'm still waiting on about half of the catalog titles to show up. So this week's list is mostly just links to the reviews already done and notices of what reviews to look forward to if / when late screeners arrive. In the meantime, the best of the best is a three-horse race between Tangled, Black Swan, and Mad Men: Season Four. All three are absolutely worth picking up, but for Pick of the Week I'm going with the Mad Men: Season Four on Blu-ray. More...

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,460 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 3,701-3,800) 3,774 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 932 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,946 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500) 454 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 801-900) 831 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for G Movies (Rank 101-200) 194 $15,473,333
All Time Domestic Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 101-200) 145 $15,473,333

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,201-6,300) 6,299 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 5,401-5,500) 5,417 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,174 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 5,401-5,500) 5,484 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700) 663 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,413 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Box Office for G Movies (Rank 201-300) 217 $15,473,333
All Time Worldwide Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 101-200) 154 $15,473,333