OPENING: Noah (PAR) $45M for weekend's No. 1; Sabotage (OPRD) tanks in No. 7 with maybe $5M; Cesar Chavez (LGF) in limited release. NOTEWORTHY: The Grand Budapest Hotel (FSL) expands for $8.2M and another strong per screen; Bad Words
Darren Aronofsky wrestles one of scripture's most primal stories to the ground and extracts something vital and audacious, while also pushing some aggressive environmentalism, in Noah.
Noah has been in the spotlight ever since October, when Paramount studio reportedly screened the film for Christian audiences and received a negative reaction. Executives had apparently been hoping for a successor to Mel
Darren Aronofsky's controversial biblical epic Noah is winning over faith-based moviegoers at the Friday box office, ending weeks of speculation as to whether the filmmaker's darker take on the story of Noah and his Ark would be a turnoff, according to
The new Darren Aronofsky movie Noah is pissing off quite a lot of people. The outrage over the film—which retells that famous biblical tale of Noah, his ark, and God's wrathful flood—is international and diverse in its stupidity.