Ben-Hur (2016 film)

Ben-Hur
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Timur Bekmambetov
Produced by	Sean Daniel Joni Levin Duncan Henderson
Screenplay by	Keith Clarke John Ridley
Based on	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
Starring	Jack Huston Toby Kebbell Rodrigo Santoro Nazanin Boniadi Ayelet Zurer Pilou Asbæk Sofia Black D'Elia Morgan Freeman
Music by	Marco Beltrami
Cinematography	Oliver Wood
Edited by	Dody Dorn Richard Francis-Bruce
Production companies	Sean Daniel Company Lightworkers Media
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	August 9, 2016 (2016-08-09) (Mexico City) August 19, 2016 (2016-08-19) (United States)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$100 million
Box office	$94.1 million

Ben-Hur is a 2016 American historical epic film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley. It is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace following the 1907 silent film, the 1925 silent film, the Academy Award-winning 1959 film and the 2003 animated film of the same name. It has been termed a "re-adaptation", "reimagining", and "new interpretation" of the novel. The film stars Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer, and Rodrigo Santoro.

Principal photography began on February 2, 2015 in Matera, Italy and lasted about five months, finishing in June 2015. Ben-Hur premiered on August 9, 2016 in Mexico City and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 19, 2016 in the United States in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D, Digital 3D, and IMAX 3D. The film received generally negative reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing $94.1 million worldwide against its $100 million production budget plus a large amount spent on marketing and distribution.