The King of Kings (2025)

A father tells his son the story of Jesus Christ to inspire him after a disrupted performance.

First release year

2025

Runtime (minutes)

104

Production countries

United States; South Korea

Original languages

English

Directors

Seong-ho Jang

Writers

Seong-ho Jang · writer; Rob Edwards · writer

Cast and characters

Kenneth Branagh; Uma Thurman; Mark Hamill; Pierce Brosnan; Roman Griffin Davis; Forest Whitaker; Ben Kingsley; Oscar Isaac

Genres

animated; Christian; children's

Themes

faith; sacrifice; father-son relationship

Tone and mood

emotional; spiritual

Setting

London and the biblical lands of the life of Jesus.

Premise and plot tags

biblical; historical fiction; fantasy

Source material / true-story basis

The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success, breaking records for animated biblical films.

Reported review scores

CinemaScore · score: A+; PostTrak · score: 94% · scale: 100%

Production trivia

The film was a box office success, grossing $83.5 million.; The film's opening weekend broke the record for the highest weekend debut for an animated biblical film.; The film surpassed Parasite as the highest-grossing Korean movie in North America.

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