New Zealand Box Office for The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

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The Last Temptation of Christ
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $135Details
Worldwide Box Office $8,373,720Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$7,000,000
New Zealand Releases: April 6th, 2023 (Wide)
September 11th, 2025 (Limited)
Video Release: June 29th, 1989 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 163 minutes
Keywords: Religious, Christians, Jewish, Ancient Rome, Middle East, Historical Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Universal Pictures, Cineplex Odeon Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 13th, 2012

March 13th, 2012

There are two themes this week. The first is Awards Season. There are no fewer than half a dozen Award Season players on this week's list, although one was a late review. Speaking of late reviews, that's the other theme on this week's list, as there are no fewer than eight releases on this week's list where I'm waiting for the screener to arrive. (This includes Wizards which arrived on Monday; however, screeners need to arrive by Friday if I'm to get the review done on time.) Unfortunately, there's a lot of crossover among these two groups and a few Pick of the Week candidates are late. For instance, My Week with Marilyn and Melancholia fit into both groups. Other screeners I'm waiting for that could be Pick of the Week are Wallace & Gromit: World of Invention and the aforementioned Wizards: 35th Anniversary Blu-ray, while The Guild: Season Five was up for that honor as well. However, in the end I went with The Descendants on Blu-ray Combo Pack. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2025/09/12 85 $39   0     $39 128
2025/09/19 100 $30 -23% 0     $69 129
2025/09/26 73 $67 +123% 0     $135 130

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
New Zealand 4/6/2023 $0 0 0 0 $135 9/29/2025
North America 8/12/1988 $401,211 9 9 9 $8,373,585
 
Worldwide Total$8,373,720 9/29/2025

Leading Cast

Willem Dafoe    Jesus of Nazareth

Supporting Cast

Harvey Keitel    Judas
Barbara Hershey    Mary Magdalene
Harry Dean Stanton    Saul / Paul
Roberts Blossom    Simeon the Monk
Verna Bloom    Mary, Mother of Jesus
Leo Burmester    Nathaniel, Apostle
Irvin Kershner    Zebedee
Illeana Douglas    Voice in crowd

Cameos

David Bowie    Pontius Pilate

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

Production and Technical Credits

Martin Scorsese    Director
Paul Schrader    Screenwriter
Barbara De Fina    Producer
Harry J. Ufland    Executive Producer
Michael Ballhaus    Director of Photography
Thelma Schoonmaker    Editor
John Beard    Production Designer
Jean-Pierre Delifer    Costume Designer
Peter Gabriel    Composer
Nikos Kazantzakis    Story based on the novel by