New Zealand Box Office for Light of the World (2025)

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Light of the World
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $28,480Details
Worldwide Box Office $5,530,218Details
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  6. Cast & Crew
  7. Trailer

Synopsis

It’s AD 30 and everyone is expectantly awaiting the coming Messiah. While Jesus isn’t exactly what they imagined, there is something special about this man. Soon, John, James, Andrew, Peter, and their new friends begin to follow Jesus on an unexpected adventure.

Metrics

Movie Details

Production Budget:$20,000,000
New Zealand Releases: September 5th, 2025 (Limited)
Video Release: October 10th, 2025 by STX Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for violent content and thematic material.
(Rating bulletin 2875 (cert #55401), 3/5/2025)
Running Time: 84 minutes
Keywords: Faith-Based Film, Faith-Based Drama, Ancient Rome
Source:Based on Religious Text
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Salvation Poem Project
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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
2025/09/05 16 $9,528   0     $9,528 1
2025/09/12 23 $3,720 -61% 0     $15,221 2
2025/09/19 28 $1,681 -55% 0     $18,773 3
2025/09/26 21 $3,131 +86% 0     $24,129 4
2025/10/03 37 $1,713 -45% 0     $27,678 5
2025/10/10 46 $571 -67% 0     $28,590 6
2025/10/17 62 $138 -76% 0     $28,203 7
2025/10/24 59 $202 +46% 0     $28,480 8

Box Office Summary Per Territory

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Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 9/5/2025 $48,839 0 0 0 $104,246 11/10/2025
Brazil 12/11/2025 00$0
Germany 3/13/2026 00$0
Mexico 10/16/2025 00$0
New Zealand 9/5/2025 $9,528 0 0 0 $28,480 10/28/2025
North America 9/5/2025 $2,401,374 2,075 2,075 4,439 $5,213,377
Spain 10/10/2025 $77,074 113 113 286 $184,115 10/30/2025
 
Worldwide Total$5,530,218 11/10/2025

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Leading Cast

Ian Hanlin    Jesus

Supporting Cast

David Kaye    Judas

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Production and Technical Credits

John J. Schafer    Director
Tom Bancroft    Director
David M. Armstrong    Screenwriter
Drew Barton Armstrong    Screenwriter
David M. Armstrong    Story by
Jason Heaton    Story by
Brennan McPherson    Producer
Rob Zeigler    Editor
Alex McKenzie    Composer