Ben-Hur remake flops: Are audiences losing faith in godly tales?

By Karl Quinn
Updated August 22 2016 - 2:14pm, first published 1:34pm
Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur in <i>Ben-Hur</i>. Photo: Philippe Antonello
Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur in <i>Ben-Hur</i>. Photo: Philippe Antonello

As second comings go, it's a bit of a fizzer. The remake of Ben-Hur has taken just $US11.35 million ($14.94 million) at the North American box office in its opening weekend. It had been expected to take twice that.

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