Jesus Christ Superstar
“And now the film…”
As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.
Genres
Drama, History
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Jesus Christ Superstar performed
Budget
$3.5M
Worldwide Gross
$24.6M
Gross Profit
$21.1M
Return
7.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Jesus Christ
Ted Neeley
Jesus Christ
Judas Iscariot
Carl Anderson
Judas Iscariot
Mary Magdalene
Yvonne Elliman
Mary Magdalene
Pontius Pilate
Barry Dennen
Pontius Pilate
Caiaphas
Bob Bingham
Caiaphas
Simon Zealotes
Larry Marshall
Simon Zealotes
King Herod
Josh Mostel
King Herod
Annas
Kurt Yaghjian
Annas
Peter
Paul Thomas
Peter
Apostle
Pi Douglass
Apostle
Apostle James
Robert LuPone
Apostle James
Apostle
Jonathan Wynne
Apostle
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