The Passion of the Christ directed, produced and co-written by Mel Gibson is to open across the U.K. this Friday! Meanwhile The Passion of the Christ currently still holds the No.1 position at the US Box Office after nearly 4 weeks on release, its running total now stands at $273, 272, 465 Million

It achieved the biggest 5 day US opening in the US Box Office history taking $125.2 MILLION and beating The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King which took $124.1 Million in December 2003

The film is also the highest grossing independent film ever in the US beating My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which accumulated a total $241 Million at the US Box Office

In addition to this, it is also the highest grossing subtitled movie ever to be released in the US, even taking more that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which accumulated a total $128 Million at the US Box Office

And the official site has now received over half a billion hits!

The Passion of the Christ is a film about the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life. The film opens in the Garden of Olives (Gethsemane) where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Jesus resists Satan’s temptations. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is arrested and taken back to within the city walls of Jerusalem where the leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.

Release Date: 12 March 2004
Distributor: Icon
Cert: 18
Running Time: 127 mins